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arcturus
arctūrus, i, m., = ἀρκτοῦρος. I As a star. A The brightest star in Bootes , whose rising and set...
A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
Bear-keeper, the name given by the ancients to the brightest star in the constellation Bootes. In the Authorized Version (Job 9:9; 38:32) it is the rendering of the Hebrew word 'ash, which probably designates the constellation the Great Bear. This word (ash) is supposed to be derived from an Arabic word meaning night-watcher, because the Great Bear always revolves about the pole, and to our nothern hemisphere never sets.
arctūrus, i, m., = ἀρκτοῦρος. I As a star. A The brightest star in Bootes , whose rising and set...
A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.