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Horologium

//hɔɹəˈloʊd͡ʒiəm// name, noun

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Proper Noun

1
Synonym of Tower of the Winds, a monument in ancient Athens that included a clepsydra and multiple prominent sundials. historical
2
Synonym of Solarium, a monument in ancient Rome whose obelisk was once believed to have acted as a sundial gnomon. historical
3
A constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a pendulum clock. It lies between the constellations Fornax and Dorado.
4
Alternative letter-case form of horologium, the book of hours in the Eastern Orthodox and Catholic churches. alt-of

Noun

1
Synonym of chronometer or clock, a timekeeping device. archaic, historical
2
Synonym of astronomical clock. uncommon
3
Synonym of horologion, the book of hours in Eastern Orthodoxy and Catholicism.

Etymology

Etymology 1

See horologium. As a location in Rome, a clipping of Latin Hōrologium Augustī (“Sundial of Augustus”). As a constellation, a clipping of Latin Hōrologium Oscillitorium (“Pendulum Clock”), coined in 1763 by the French astronomer De Lacaille to honor the Dutch astronomer and mathematician Christian Huygens, who had written a major work by that name.

Etymology 2

From Latin horologium, from Ancient Greek ὡρολόγιον (hōrológion). In reference to Eastern Orthodoxy, via its Byzantine Greek development. See menologium. Doublet of horologe.

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