Cynosura, pe. pro. Canis cauda interpretatur, quæ & minor vrsa dicitur. Cic.A figure of starres in heaueu.Cynosura oua quæ dicantur, Vide VRINVM ouum.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
Cnŏsūra, ae, f., = *kuno/soura (hound's-tail). I.The constellation at the north pole, the Cynosura, or Lesser Bear, Cic. Ac. 2, 20, 66; id. poët. N. D. 2, 41, 105 and 106; Caes. Germ. Arat. 187; Ov. F. 3, 107 al.—Hence, B. Cnŏsūris, ĭdis, f.adj., of or pertaining to the Cynosura: Ursa,
the Lesser Bear
, Ov. Tr. 5, 3, 7: cauda, Caes. Germ. Arat. 189.—II.A town in Arcadia, Stat. Th. 4, 295.