The story
- Latin · derived frommicroscopium“microscope”
- English todayMicroscopium
Named by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1763, from later Latin microscopium (“microscope”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Microscopium
Today it means: A faint constellation of the southern spring sky, said to resemble a microscope. It lies south of the constellation of Capricornus. Full definition →
Latin microscopium