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septentrionem

septentrionem is a Latin form of septentriones, meaning “the seven stars of the Plough (Great Bear); the north”. It is the accusative singular masculine noun.

Found 42 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 1.1.6: Belgae ab extremis Galliae finibus oriuntur, pertinent ad inferiorem partem fluminis Rheni, spectant in septentrionem et orientem solem.

Cicero, De Natura Deorum 2.111: … do ( enim est pluere), nostri imperite Suculas, quasi a subus essent non ab imbribus nominatae. Minorem autem Septentrionem Cepheus passis palmis post terga subsequitur; namque ipsum ad tergum Cynosurae vertitur Arcti. Hunc antecedit …

All forms of septentriones (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.