"the galaxy as seen in the night sky," late 14c., loan-translation of Latinvia lactea; seegalaxy. Formerly in Middle English alsoMilken-WayandMilky Cercle. The ancients speculated on what it was; some guessed it was a vast assemblage of stars (Democrates, Pythagoras, even Ovid); the que...
Milk′y Way′ n. the spiral galaxy containing our solar system, seen as a luminous band stretching across the night sky and composed of approximately a trillion stars. [1350–1400; Middle English, translation of Latinvia lactea;comparegalaxy] ...
adjective suffix, "full of or characterized by," from Old English -ig, from Proto-Germanic *-iga- (source also of Dutch, Danish, German -ig, Gothic -egs), from PIE -(i)ko-, adjectival suffix, cognate with elements in Greek -ikos, Latin -icus (see -ic). Originally added to nouns...
When Hera awoke and realized who he was; the illicit son of her husband; she immediately tore him from her breast causing a smear of milky droplets across the sky which the Milky Way. The name; Latin Hercules, Greek Heracles, is derived from Hera’s name, and means the ‘glory of ...
In western culture the name "Milky Way" is derived from its appearance as a dim un-resolved "milky" glowing band arching across the night sky. The term is a translation of the Classical Latin via lactea, in turn derived from the Hellenistic Greek γαλαξίας, short for γαλ...
the term Milky Way should refer exclusively to the band of light that the galaxy forms in the night sky, while the galaxy should receive the full name Milky Way Galaxy, or alternatively the Galaxy.However, it is unclear how widespread this convention is, and the term Milky Way ...
The Milky Wayconcerns the travels of two tramps, Pierre and Jean, on their way to Santiago in hopes of begging alms from the devout come to see the bones of St. James. The two are worldly men. The younger man is an atheist. The older is casually pious, but not above stealing a ham...
In mere workmanship the present volume is one of his most admirable, while in its heightened passages, like the final paragraph of "The Romance of the Milky Way," the rich, melancholy music, the profound suggestion, are not easily matched from any but the very greatest English prose....
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Our galaxy was named because of the way the haze it casts in the night sky resembled spilled milk. This name is also quite ancient. It is a translation from the Latin “Via Lactea“, which in turn was translated from the Greek forGalaxias, referring to the pale band of light formed by...