BELLATRIX


Meaning of BELLATRIX in English

/beuh lay"triks/ , n. Astron.

a blue-white giant star in the constellation Orion, with apparent magnitude +1.63.

[ bellatrix martial, waging war, equiv. to bella ( re ) to wage war, (v. deriv. of bellum war) + -trix -TRIX; appar. by assoc. with bellator a name for Orion (L: warrior), though precise connection with this star unexplained ]

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