Septentrional Latin Sep Ten Tree Uh Nuhl Adjective Northern Septentriones Literally Ploughing

septentrional /sep-TEN-tree-uh-nuhl/

adjective

Northern.

[From Latin septentriones, literally the seven ploughing oxen, a name for the seven stars of the Great Bear constellation that appears in the northern sky. From Latin septem (seven) + triones (ploughing oxen). Earliest documented use: around 1400.]

"Once the tourists have filtered back to their septentrional homes in Europe, the men of Spetsai [Greece] resume their norm of shooting birds." C.L. Sulzberger; A Return Visit to Glistening Spetsai; The New York Times; Sep 28, 1986.