bear (subs.) Copy link Outline I. An animal; ursus, m.II. A constellation1. arctos, i, f.2. septentrĭōnes, um, m.3. trĭōnes, um, m.III. A rough, morose person1. homo agrestis2. homo durior et oratione et moribus • bear (subs.): I. An animal; ursus, m.: Hor.: Liv.: Plin.: ursa, f. (but sometimes without reference to sex): Virg.: Ov.: Phr.: bear's blood, sangui ursīnus, Col.: bear's grease, adeps ursinus, Plin. II. A constellation: (i) the double constellation, consisting of the Great and the Little Bear: 1. arctos, i, f.: Virg.: Ov. 2. septentrĭōnes, um, m.: Cic.: Ov. 3. trĭōnes, um, m.: Virg.: Ov. (ii) the separate constellations: the Great Bear: ursa major: Ov.: Suet.: major septentrio: Vitr.: the Little Bear: ursa minor: Ov.: Suet.: minor septentrio: Cic. III. A rough, morose person: 1. homo agrestis: Cic. 2. homo durior et oratione et moribus: Cic.