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ursa , ae, f. ursus,
I.a she-bear.
I. Lit., Ov. M. 2, 485; 13, 803; 13, 836; 15, 379; id. F. 2, 181; Mart. 6, 25, 2.—
B. Poet., a bear, in gen., Verg. A. 5, 37; Ov. M. 12, 319; 14, 255.—
II. Transf.: Ursa, as a constellation, either Ursa Major, the Greater Bear, or Ursa Minor, the Lesser Bear, Ov. H. 18 (17), 152; id. Tr. 1, 4, 1; 3, 11, 8; 5, 3, 7; Val. Fl. 4, 724; Suet. Aug. 80.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (8):
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 12.319
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 2.485
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 5.37
    • Suetonius, Divus Augustus, 80
    • Ovid, Epistulae, 18
    • C. Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica, 4.724
    • Ovid, Tristia, 1.4
    • Ovid, Fasti, 2
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