'Aries' is a correct and usable word in written English.
It can be used to refer to the astrological sign, the first sign of the zodiac. For example, "My brother is an Aries so he's full of energy and loves to take risks."
Unlike the celestial equator, the ecliptic is fixed among the stars; however, the ecliptic longitude of a given star increases by 1.396° per century owing to the precessional movement of the equator similar to the precessional movement of a child's top which shifts the first point of Aries.
Arpat Ozgul and Tim Coulson of the Imperial College London and colleagues examined the causes of decreasing body size among a free-living population of Soay sheep (Ovis aries) on Hirta, an island in the Saint Kilda archipelago of Scotland.
Right ascension, measured eastward from the first point of Aries (see directly above), is customarily divided into 24 hours rather than 360°, thus emphasizing the clocklike behaviour of the sphere.
Mouflon (Ovis aries), small feral sheep (family Bovidae, order Artiodactyla) of Corsica and Sardinia (O. a. musimon) and of Cyprus (O. a. ophion).
And though that effect is undoubtedly more studied than it seems (Michon cunningly embeds small inaccuracies throughout his narratives — he refers to Arles as "Aries," for instance — in order to destabilize their facticity), it is the kind of writing that demands from its translators a poetic sensibility nearly equaling the author's.
She also spotted "Aries" for "Ares," "alter" in the place of "altar," and, there it was again, that old devil "its'".
Many, many times people looked me deeply in the eye, placed a hand on my shoulder and whispered intently: "Aries".
Now seemingly, they are on the cusp of sustaining themselves amid the hard-edged reality of life among those lumin-aries of the League, although there remains a caveat.
On South Padre Island, the six-room bed-and-breakfast Redfish Inn (207 West Aries Drive; 956-761-2722; ratesshinn.com), with rates from $125, offers wildlife tours by boat as well as excellent birding from the porch of the waterfront inn.
"For that to happen to one of the greatest hurdlers of all time is a tragedy," said Aries Merritt of the United States, who qualified for the semifinals in the heat before Liu's.
The other American winners were the men's 4x400 relay team and Aries Merritt, who upset Liu Xiang of China in the men's 60 hurdles.
