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LEO (THE LION)

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Originally appearing in Volume V16, Page 441 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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LEO (THE See also:
LION
LION (Lat, leo, leonis; Gr. Mew)
LION) , in See also:

ASTRONOMY (from Gr. &arpov, a star, and v ,usiv, to classify or arrange)

astronomy, the fifth sign of the See also:

ZODIAC (o i'w&arcds rvKcXor, from d,&ov, " a little animal ")

zodiac (q.v.), denoted by the See also:

SYMBOL (Gr. o-uµ(3oXov, a sign)

symbol Sl. It is also a See also:

CONSTELLATION (from the Lat. constellatus, studded with stars; co'n, with, and Stella, a star)

constellation, mentioned by See also:

EUDOXUS

Eudoxus (4th See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century B.C.) and See also:

ARATUS

Aratus (3rd century B.C.). According to See also:

Greek See also:

MYTHOLOGY

mythology this constellation is the Nemean lion, which, after being killed by See also:

Hercules, was raised to the heavens by See also:

JUPITER

Jupiter in See also:

HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour of Hercules. A See also:

PART

part of See also:

PTOLEMY (CLAUDIUS PTOLEMAEUS)

Ptolemy's Leo is now known as See also:

COMA (Gr. K(.7)

Coma Berenices (q.v.). a Leonis, also known as See also:

COR

Cor Leonis or the Lion's See also:

Heart, See also:

REGULUS, MARCUS ATILIUS

Regulus, Basilicus, &c., is a very See also:

bright See also:

STAR

star of magnitude 1 723, and See also:

PARALLAX (Gr. aapa?X6, alternately)

parallax o•02", and proper See also:

motion 0.27" per annum. y Leonis is a very See also:

FINE

fine See also:

orange-yellow binary star, of magnitudes 2 and 4, and See also:

period 400 years. c Leonis is a binary, composed of a 4th magnitude See also:

PALE (through Fr. pal, from Lat. palms, a stake, for paglus, from the stem pag- of pangere, to fix; " pole " is from the same original source)

pale yellow star, and a 7th magnitude See also:

BLUE (common in different forms to most European languages)

blue star. The LEONIDS are a meteoric swarm, appearing in See also:

NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November and radiating from this constellation (see See also:

METEOR (Gr. µerEwpa, literally " things in the air,” from µera, beyond, and aeip6Lv, to lift up)

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