1. Cynŏsūra, ae, f., = Κυνόσουρα (hound’s-tail).
- I. The constellation at the north pole, the Cynosura, or Lesser Bear, Cic. Ac. 2, 20, 66; id. poët. N. D. 2, 41, 105 and 106; Caes. Germ. Arat. 187; Ov. F. 3, 107 al.
Hence,
- B. Cynŏsūris, ĭdis, f. adj., of or pertaining to the Cynosura: Ursa, the Lesser Bear, Ov. Tr. 5, 3, 7: cauda, Caes. Germ. Arat. 189.
- II. A town in Arcadia, Stat. Th. 4, 295.
† 2. cynŏsūra ōva = κυνόσουρα ὠά, addle-eggs, Plin. 10, 60, 80, § 167 (id. 10, 58, 79, § 160, called also hypenemia or zephyria ova, wind-eggs, in pure Lat. urina ova).