"Orion" meaning in Latin

See Orion in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: [oːˈriː.oːn] [Classical-Latin], [oˈriː.on] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Derived from Ancient Greek Ὠρῑ́ων (Ōrī́ōn). Etymology templates: {{ety|la|:der|grc:Ὠρῑ́ων|text=+|title=Ōrīōn|tree=1}} [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "Ὠρῑ́ων", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "Ōrīōn", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }" data-lang="la" data-title="Ōrīōn"> Derived from Ancient Greek Ὠρῑ́ων (Ōrī́ōn)., {{ety|la|:der|grc:Ὠρῑ́ων|text=+|title=Ōrīōn|tree=1}} Derived from Ancient Greek Ὠρῑ́ων (Ōrī́ōn). Head templates: {{la-proper noun|Ōrīōn<3>|g=m}} Ōrīōn m sg (genitive Ōrīōnis); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|Ōrīōn<3>}} Forms: Ōrīōn [canonical, masculine, singular], Ōrīōnis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], Ōrīōn [nominative, singular], Ōrīōnis [genitive, singular], Ōrīōnī [dative, singular], Ōrīōnem [accusative, singular], Ōrīōne [ablative, singular], Ōrīōn [singular, vocative]
  1. (Greek mythology) Orion. Tags: Greek, declension-3
    Sense id: en-Orion-la-name-leXY0fpU Categories (other): Greek mythology, Latin masculine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the third declension: 62 38 Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
  2. (astronomy) The constellation Orion. Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-Orion-la-name-tqiNGw77 Categories (other): Constellations, Latin entries referencing missing etymons, Latin entries with etymology texts, Latin entries with etymon, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of Latin entries referencing missing etymons: 28 72 Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymology texts: 42 58 Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymon: 8 92 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 18 82 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 29 71 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 29 71 Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
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