α. 1700s–1800s 2000s– Robur Carolinum, 1800s Robor Carolinum (irregular).
β. 1800s Roboris Caroli (in Latin genitive form), 1800s– Robur Caroli, 1900s– Robur Caroli II.
单词 | robur carolinum |
释义 | Robur Carolinumn.α. 1700s–1800s 2000s– Robur Carolinum, 1800s Robor Carolinum (irregular). β. 1800s Roboris Caroli (in Latin genitive form), 1800s– Robur Caroli, 1900s– Robur Caroli II. Astronomy. Now historical. (The name of) a former constellation of the southern hemisphere, the Royal Oak, created out of stars that were part of the former constellation Argo. Formerly also (in form Roboris Caroli) †used as a postmodifier in the names of stars belonging to this constellation (obsolete).The name was not widely accepted and was rejected by Lacaille in his more comprehensive mid-18th-cent. mapping of the stars of the southern hemisphere. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > constellation > Southern constellations > [noun] > Robur Carolinum Robur Carolinum1702 royal oak1712 1702 R. Morden Introd. Astron. i. 36 Mr. Edmund Hally [sic]..reduced them into a Constellation, and called it Robur Carolinum. 1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art I. 432 The milky way..passes through..the tail of Canis major, through Argo Navis, Robur Carolinum, Crux, [etc.]. 1826 Edinb. Jrnl. 10 287 η Roboris Caroli, Bode. Is a bright star of the 3d magnitude, surrounded by a multitude of small stars, and pretty strong nebulosity. 1844 Eclectic Mag. Aug. 488/2 M. F. Senillosa writes from Buenos Ayres..that for six months the star Robor carolinum has appeared a star of the first class. 1910 Nature 26 May 387/2 He [sc. Halley] gracefully acknowledged the help and patronage of the King by naming a small constellation ‘Robur Caroli II.,’ but the name was afterwards omitted by a German editor. 1988 I. Ridpath Star Tales iv. 147 Bode showed it on his atlas of 1801 as Robur Caroli II. 2009 Stud. Hist. & Philos. Sci. 40 424/1 The presence of the constellations Cor Caroli and Robur Carolinum is significant..because they enable a fairly precise ‘earliest possible date’ to be ascribed to the silver planisphere. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1702 |
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