italiano: arrivo del nidoinglés translation: arrival of the Pleiades  KudoZ The KudoZ network provides a framework for translators ... More  |
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Traducciones de italiano a inglés [PRO]
Art/Literary - Astronomía y espacio | | Término o frase en italiano: arrivo del nido | L'epsilon stellare della Vergine segnalava l'inizio della vandemia o l'arrivo della Chioma, delle Gallinelle, del Nido davano il segnale ai naviganti di prendere il largo.
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| | Clarification request(s) and responseGiovanna Lupi: 08:20 Mar 30, 2005: sono tutte costellazioni, Chioma ( la chioma di berenice), per il nido ho trovato un riferimento ad orione e le pleiadi......l'arrivo del Nido lo tradurrrei letteralmente........ -
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| | arrival of the Pleiades | Explicación:
From Richard Hinkley Allen 'Star Names: Their Lore and Meaning' - Dover
p. 396 - on the Pleiades
'Hesiod called them the Seven Virgins and the Virgin Stars' (NB - so doesn't refer to Virgo)
'A common figure for these starsm everywhere popular for many centuries is that of a Hen with her Chickens'
'The title, written also Pliades,......has commonly been derived from plein [to sail - Greek], for the heliacal rising of the group in May marked the opening of navigation to the Greeks, as its setting in late autumn did the close'
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