‖ satelles Obs.
(səˈtɛliːz)
Pl. satellites (səˈtɛlɪtiːz).
[L. satelles, satellit-.]
Used by some writers of the 17th and early 18th c. for satellite n. 2.
| 1666 Phil. Trans. I. 246 The other three Satellites in the time of this Eclipse, made by the Satelles, were Westwards of the Body of Jupiter. a 1708 Beveridge Priv. Th. ii. (1712) 337, I behold him there surrounded with an innumerable Company of holy Angels, as so many fixed Stars, and of glorified Saints as Planets enlightened by him; all his Satellites or Servants waiting upon him. 1708 Brit. Apollo No. 65. 2/2 The Moon is the Earth's Satelles. 1732 Pope Ess. Man i. 42 Or ask of yonder argent fields above, Why Jove's Satellites are less than Jove? |