English Explanatory Dictionary

Coma Berenices

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A small dim summer constellation of the northern sky, said to represent an offering of hair from Queen Berenice II of Egypt. Originally considered to represent the tuft of hair on the end of Leo's tail.

Word forms

Coma Berenices

Etymology

Named in antiquity after the hair of Queen Berenice II of Egypt. From Latin coma (“hair of the head”) + Berenīcē, from Ancient Greek Κώμη Βερενίκης (Kṓmē Bereníkēs), from κώμη (kome) "hair" + Doric Greek Βερενίκη (Berenike) "bringer of victory"

Synonyms

Berenice's Hair

Derived words

Comae Berenices
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