Spica

See also: spica

English

Etymology

Latin spīca virginis "Virgo's ear of grain"

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Spica

  1. (astronomy) A binary star in the constellation Virgo; alpha (α) Virginis.
    • 1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., published 1921:
      The constellation Virgo is a Y-shaped group, of which α, the star at the foot, is the well-known Spica, a star of the first magnitude.

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin spīca (“ear of grain”).

Proper noun

Spica f

  1. Spica

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