Palinurus suna ne da ya dace kuma ana iya samunsa a wasu ƙamus a matsayin kalmar da ke nufin wani adadi a cikin tatsuniyar Helenanci. Palinurus shi ne shugaban jirgin da Aeneas ya yi amfani da shi don gudu daga Troy bayan an lalata shi. An san shi da fasaha da sanin teku, amma ya yi barci yayin da yake cikin jirgin ruwa kuma allahn Neptune ya jefa shi cikin ruwa a matsayin hukunci. A cikin amfani na zamani, "Palinurus" na iya nufin tauraro a cikin ƙungiyar taurarin Ursa Major, da kuma sunan jinsin lobsters na spiny.