Horologium en · PROPN
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Etymology
See horologium. As a location in Rome, a clipping of Latin Hōrologium Augustī (“Sundial of Augustus”). As a constellation, a clipping of Latin Hōrologium Oscillitorium (“Pendulum Clock”), coined in 1763 by the French astronomer De Lacaille to honor the Dutch astronomer and mathematician Christian Huygens, who had written a major work by that name.
Meanings
- (historical) Synonym of Tower of the Winds, a monument in ancient Athens that included a clepsydra and multiple prominent sundials.
- (historical) Synonym of Solarium, a monument in ancient Rome whose obelisk was once believed to have acted as a sundial gnomon.
- A constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a pendulum clock. It lies between the constellations Fornax and Dorado.
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(alt-of) Alternative letter-case form of horologium, the book of hours in the Eastern Orthodox and Catholic churches.
alt of horologium
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ms Jam (constellation) · fi Heilurikello (constellation) · pl Zegar (constellation) · ja 時計座 (constellation) · eo Horloĝo (constellation) · ga an Clog (constellation) · ko 시계(時計)자리 (constellation) · nds-de Pennelklock (constellation) · es Horologium (constellation) · de Pendeluhr (constellation) · gl Reloxo (constellation) · el Ωρολόγιον (constellation) · cmn 時鐘座 /时钟座 (constellation) · fr Horloge (constellation) · ru Часы́ (constellation) · ja とけい座 (constellation)
wikipedia: Christian Huygens · wikipedia: Nicolas Louis de Lacaille · wikipedia: Horologium Oscillitorium