Horologium

== English == === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Horologium (historical) Synonym of Tower of the Winds, a monument in ancient Athens that included a clepsydra and multiple prominent sundials. (historical) Synonym of Solarium, a monument in ancient Rome whose obelisk was once believed to have acted as a sundial gnomon. (astronomy) A constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a pendulum clock. It lies between the constellations Fornax and Dorado. (Christianity) Alternative letter-case form of horologium, the book of hours in the Eastern Orthodox and Catholic churches. ==== Derived terms ==== Horologii ==== Translations ==== == Spanish == === Etymology === From New Latin Horologium. === Proper noun === Horologium ? (astronomy) Horologium (constellation)