MACHIAVELLIAN: As an adjective, the word refers generally to sneaky, ruthless, and deceitful behavior, especially in regard to a ruler obsessed with power who puts on a surface veneer of honor and trustworthy behavior in order to achieve evil ends.
The Ursa of Ursa Major is from the Indo-European root *rtko, 'Bear'. Derivatives: arctic (meaning north from Latin arcticus, from Greek arktikos), ursine (bear-like), from Latin ursus, Greek arktos. [Pokorny rktho-s 875. Watkins ].The names Ursula and Orson, are related.elice representing Ursa Major, and Melissa (honey or honey bee), or Cynosura, representing Ursa Minor, were the nurses of the baby Zeus. The Latin name Helice and its Greek cognates seems to have been the most common title for this constellation with both Greeks and Romans.
1 Vote. EugenioCosta. Mensa is the Latin word for table and similar objects, from which the Spanish mesa is descended. Mensa does exist as a word in English, meaning altar top and so forth, but of course it is a borrowing of the Latin word. Mensal also is English, meaning having to do with a table..The organization Mensa uses the Latin word as its name, originally to refer to a round table around which people of measurable high intelligence could meet and talk.ensal also is English, meaning having to do with a table.. The organization Mensa uses the Latin word as its name, originally to refer to a round table around which people of measurable high intelligence could meet and talk.