Horologium — meaning in English

English meaning

• horologium name Synonym of Tower of the Winds, a monument in ancient Athens that included a clepsydra and multiple prominent sundials.

Senses

Horologium is used for these senses in English:

• Horologium (astronomy) A constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a pendulum clock. It lies between the constellations Fornax and Dorado.

horologium — full definition

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