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Crater

proper nounattested in dialogue

A dim spring constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a cup. It lies between the constellations Virgo and Hydra.

proper noun

  1. 1

    A dim spring constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a cup. It lies between the constellations Virgo and Hydra.

Etymology

From Latin crater (“basin; cup”), from Ancient Greek κρατήρ (kratḗr, “mixing bowl, wassail-bowl”), from κράμα (kráma, “mixture”), from κεράννυμι (keránnumi, “to mix, to mingle”).

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