Sirius' name

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No: HPFGUIDX 29970

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Rosanne" <rosiewolf at h...> wrote:
> Dog in latin is "canem" of the famed "cave canem"(Beware the Dog)in 
> Pompeii's mosaic at The House of the Tragic Poet.  Sirius was 
Orion's 
> dog who was placed in the heavens with Orion after his lover Diana 
> accidentally shot him with an arrow. Sirius is known as the "Dog 
> Star".


Ooh, I forgot about Sirius being Orion's dog, although I did think 
that Sirius was called the Dog Star because it was the most prominent 
star in a constellation of a dog.

And canem is a declined word, not a "natural" word; hence Canis 
domesticus -- the scientific (Latin) name of the dog.

Joshua Dyal