Ossa Menor

Calque of Latin Ursa Minor (literally “lesser she-bear”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈosa meˈnoɾ/

Ossa Menor f

1. (astronomy) Ursa Minor
   • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 29v:

     Et la eſtrella que es enel cabo dela oſſa menor aque llaman el cabrito de benanays a poder ⁊ ſennorio ſobreſta piedra.

     And the star on the rear of the Little Bear, the one they call the goat kid of Benanays, has power and dominion over this stone.

• Ossa Mayor (“Ursa Major, the Great Bear”)

• Spanish: Osa Menor