Orion

See also: Orión, Órion, and Ōrīōn

English

The constellation Orion

Etymology

From Middle English Orioun, from Latin Ōrīōn, from Ancient Greek Ὠρίων (Ōríōn), speculatively from Akkadian 𒌋𒊒𒀭𒈾 (Uru-anna, “heaven's light”), though without any firm evidence.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /əˈɹaɪ.ən/, /ɒˈɹaɪ.ən/, /əʊˈɹaɪ.ən/
• (US) IPA^(key): /əˈɹaɪ.ən/, /oʊˈɹaɪ.ən/

  • Audio (Southern England)

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• Rhymes: -aɪən

Proper noun

Orion (plural Orions)

1. (Greek mythology) A giant-hunter, pursuer of the Pleiades and lover of Eos, and killed by Artemis.
2. (astronomy) A constellation on the celestial equator close to Gemini and Taurus, containing the stars Betelgeuse and Rigel.
3. A surname.
4. A male given name from Ancient Greek of modern usage.
   • 1980, Wright Morris, Plains Song, for Female Voices, Harper&Row, →ISBN, page 113:

     In Madge's judgment, her Uncle Orion had suffered most of his life from the name he'd been given, requiring that people ask him to repeat it and boys his own age make fun of it.

5. A female given name.
6. Place names:
   1. A locality in the Central Highlands Region, Queensland, Australia.
   2. A hamlet in the Municipal District of County of Forty Mile No. 8, Alberta, Canada.
   3. A commune of the Pyrenées-Atlantiques department, France.
   4. A municipality of Bataan, Philippines.
   5. An unincorporated community in Pike County, Alabama, United States, also known as Prospect Ridge.
   6. A ghost town in Kings County, California, United States.
   7. A village in Henry County, Illinois, United States.
   8. A town in Richland County, Wisconsin, United States.

Synonyms

• (constellation): the Hunter, ensifer

Derived terms

• Orionid
• Orionis
• Orion Arm
• Orion drive
• Orion Nebula
• Orion's Belt

Translations

in mythology

• Catalan: Orió (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 俄里翁 (zh) (Élǐwēng)

• Esperanto: Oriono (eo)
• French: Orion (fr)
• German: Orion (de)
• Greek: Ωρίων (el) m (Oríon)

  Ancient: Ὠρίων m (Ōríōn)

• Hindi: ओरायन m (orāyan)
• Inuktitut: ᐅᕇᐅᓐ (oriion)
• Irish: Oiríon m
• Italian: Orione
• Japanese: オーリーオーン (ja) (Ōrīōn)
• Latvian: Orions m
• Marathi: ओरायन (orāyan)
• Polish: Orion (pl) m
• Portuguese: Orion (pt)
• Russian: Орио́н (ru) (Orión)
• Sicilian: Uriuni m
• Spanish: Orión (es)
• Tagalog: Oryon

constellation

• Arabic: الجَبَار (ar) (al-jabār)
• Catalan: Orió (ca)
• Central Melanau: belatiek
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 獵戶座／猎户座 (lip⁶ wu⁶ zo⁶), 參／参 (sam¹), 參宿／参宿 (sam¹ sau³)

  Mandarin: 獵戶座／猎户座 (zh) (Lièhùzuò), 參／参 (zh) (Shēn), 參宿／参宿 (zh) (Shēnxiù)

• Esperanto: Oriono (eo)
• Finnish: Orion (fi), Väinämöisen Viikate, kalevanmiekka
• French: Orion (fr)
• German: Orion (de)
• Greek: Ωρίων (el) m (Oríon)

  Ancient: Ὠρίων m (Ōríōn)

• Hebrew: כְּסִיל (he) m (ksil)
• Hindi: मृग (hi) m (mŕg), मृगशिरा (hi) f (mŕgśirā)
• Hopi: Hotomqam
• Irish: an Bodach m, Oiríon m
• Italian: Orion, Orione
• Japanese: オリオン座 (ja) (オリオンざ, Orion-za)
• Kazakh: Орион (Orion)
• Khmer: យាមនង្គ័ល (yéamnôngkôl)
• Latin: Orion (la), ensifer
• Latvian: Orions m
• Malay: bintang belantik, bintang beluku, bintang tiga beradik, jabar, Orion
• Maltese: il-Ġgant m
• Old English: eoforþring n
• Persian: شکارچی (fa) (šekârči), بزرگ‌منش (bozorg-maneš), جبار (fa) (jabbâr)
• Polish: Orion (pl) m
• Portuguese: Orion (pt)
• Russian: Орио́н (ru) (Orión)
• Scottish Gaelic: an Sealgair Mòr
• Sicilian: Uriuni m
• Spanish: Orión (es)
• Tagalog: Mangangaso, Oryon, Balatik
• Turkish: Orion (tr), Avcı (tr)
• Vietnamese: Lạp Hộ

See also

• Orion's Belt
• Orion Nebula
• Orion (mythology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Orion (constellation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Noori

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Proper noun

Orion m

1. (astronomy) Orion

Synonyms

• Jager

Derived terms

• Orionnevel

Finnish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Ὠρῑ́ων (Ōrī́ōn)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈorion/, [ˈo̞rio̞n]
• Rhymes: -orion
• Syllabification^(key): O‧ri‧on

Proper noun

Orion

1. (Greek mythology) Orion.
2. (astronomy) The constellation Orion.

Declension

Inflection of Orion (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		Orion	—
genitive		Orionin	—
partitive		Orionia	—
illative		Orioniin	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Orion	—
accusative	nom.	Orion	—
	gen.	Orionin
genitive		Orionin	—
partitive		Orionia	—
inessive		Orionissa	—
elative		Orionista	—
illative		Orioniin	—
adessive		Orionilla	—
ablative		Orionilta	—
allative		Orionille	—
essive		Orionina	—
translative		Orioniksi	—
abessive		Orionitta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Orion (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Orionini — accusative nom. Orionini — gen. Orionini genitive Orionini — partitive Orioniani — inessive Orionissani — elative Orionistani — illative Orioniini — adessive Orionillani — ablative Orioniltani — allative Orionilleni — essive Orioninani — translative Orionikseni — abessive Orionittani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Orionisi — accusative nom. Orionisi — gen. Orionisi genitive Orionisi — partitive Orioniasi — inessive Orionissasi — elative Orionistasi — illative Orioniisi — adessive Orionillasi — ablative Orioniltasi — allative Orionillesi — essive Orioninasi — translative Orioniksesi — abessive Orionittasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Orionimme — accusative nom. Orionimme — gen. Orionimme genitive Orionimme — partitive Orioniamme — inessive Orionissamme — elative Orionistamme — illative Orioniimme — adessive Orionillamme — ablative Orioniltamme — allative Orionillemme — essive Orioninamme — translative Orioniksemme — abessive Orionittamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Orioninne — accusative nom. Orioninne — gen. Orioninne genitive Orioninne — partitive Orionianne — inessive Orionissanne — elative Orionistanne — illative Orioniinne — adessive Orionillanne — ablative Orioniltanne — allative Orionillenne — essive Orioninanne — translative Orioniksenne — abessive Orionittanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Orioninsa — accusative nom. Orioninsa — gen. Orioninsa genitive Orioninsa — partitive Orioniaan Orioniansa — inessive Orionissaan Orionissansa — elative Orionistaan Orionistansa — illative Orioniinsa — adessive Orionillaan Orionillansa — ablative Orioniltaan Orioniltansa — allative Orionilleen Orionillensa — essive Orioninaan Orioninansa — translative Orionikseen Orioniksensa — abessive Orionittaan Orionittansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Anagrams

• noori

Japanese

Romanization

Orion

1. Rōmaji transcription of オリオン

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ὠρῑ́ων (Ōrī́ōn).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /oːˈriː.oːn/, [oːˈriːoːn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /oˈri.on/, [oˈriːon]

Proper noun

Ōrīōn m sg (genitive Ōrīōnis); third declension

1. (Greek mythology) Orion.
2. (astronomy) The constellation Orion.

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Ōrīōn
Genitive	Ōrīōnis
Dative	Ōrīōnī
Accusative	Ōrīōnem
Ablative	Ōrīōne
Vocative	Ōrīōn

Descendants

• → Middle English: Orioun (learned)
  • English: Orion
• → Portuguese: Orion (learned)

References

• “Orion”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Orion”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Orion in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Órion
• Orionte

Proper noun

Orion m

1. (Greek mythology) Orion (a giant-hunter)
2. (astronomy) Orion (a constellation)