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==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
Equuleus Pictoris, is the name of this constellation 'The Painter's Easel': Easel is an old Germanic synonym for donkey and is borrowed from Dutch ezel, which means literally 'ass' (donkey). An easel (generally a tripod) is an upright frame for displaying or supporting something such as an artist's canvas, or a school blackboard. The comparison being of loading a painting on to a stand much as a burden is loaded on to an ass. The wordass is related to Greek onos, ass, probably ultimately from the same source as Sumerian anse, ass. The wordass is related to: asinine, easel, (these words from Latin asinus, ass), onager (onos, ass + agrios, wild, from Greek onus, ass). <ref>[http://www.constellationsofwords.com/Constellations/Pictor.htm Constellations of Words]</ref> | Equuleus Pictoris, is the name of this constellation 'The Painter's Easel': Easel is an old Germanic synonym for donkey and is borrowed from Dutch ezel, which means literally 'ass' (donkey). An easel (generally a tripod) is an upright frame for displaying or supporting something such as an artist's canvas, or a school blackboard. The comparison being of loading a painting on to a stand much as a burden is loaded on to an ass. The wordass is related to Greek onos, ass, probably ultimately from the same source as Sumerian anse, ass. The wordass is related to: asinine, easel, (these words from Latin asinus, ass), onager (onos, ass + agrios, wild, from Greek onus, ass). <ref>[http://www.constellationsofwords.com/Constellations/Pictor.htm Constellations of Words]</ref> | ||
==HGS Session References== | ==HGS Session References== | ||