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Horologium
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horologium
English
Tower of the Winds
Solarium Augusti
+ (constellation)
Etymology
See en horologium. As a location in Rome, a clipping of en la Hōrologium la Augustī Sundial of Augustus. As a constellation, a clipping of en la Hōrologium Oscillitorium Pendulum Clock, coined in 1763 by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille De Lacaille to honor the Dutch astronomer and mathematician Christian Huygens, who had written a Horologium Oscillitorium major work by that name.
Pronunciation
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Horologium.wav US
Proper noun
en historical en Tower of the Winds, a monument in ancient Athens that included a clepsydra and multiple prominent sundials.
en historical en Solarium, a monument in ancient Rome whose obelisk was once believed to have acted as a sundial gnomon.
en astronomy A constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a pendulum clock. It lies between the constellations Fornax and Dorado.
en Christianity en horologium, the book of hours in the Eastern Orthodox and Catholic churches.
Derived terms
en Horologii
Translations
constellation
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 時鐘座
Esperanto: eo Horloĝo
Finnish: fi Heilurikello
French: fr Horloge
Galician: gl Reloxo
German: de Pendeluhr f
Greek: el Ωρολόγιον n
Irish: ga Clog m an Clog
Japanese: ja 時計座 Tokeiza, ja とけい座 Tokeiza
Korean: ko ^시계(時計)자리
Low German:
German Low German: nds-de Pennelklock f
Malay: ms Jam
Polish: pl Zegar m
Russian: ru Часы́ m-p
Spanish: es Horologium
en clippings
en Ancient Greece Athens Meteorology Ancient Rome Rome Constellations Timekeeping Clocks Eastern Orthodoxy Eastern Catholicism Books
Spanish
es:
Etymology
es :lbor la-new:Horologium + 1
Proper noun
es constellation en Horologium constellation