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Headword:
Arktos
Adler number: alpha,3961
Translated headword: bear
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] the animal [of that name]; and the ever-moving constellation.[1]
But Arktouros is also the name for the whole Bootes ["ploughman"], but in a particular sense for the star under his belt.[2]
It is also called Arktophylax ["bear-guard"].[3]
Also [sc. attested is the adjective] arktôios ["northern, arctic"], [referring to] the [sc. place of its] rising.
Greek Original:Arktos: to zôion: kai to aeikinêton astrothetêma. Arktouros de legetai kai autos holos ho Boôtês, idiôs de kai ho hupo tên zônên autou astêr. legetai kai Arktophulax. kai Arktôios, ho anatolikos.
Notes:
[1] Likewise, post-Suda, in
Etymologicum Magnum 144.18. The constellation (cf. under
alpha 4239) is "ever-moving" because it does not set but remains above the horizon (in the relevant latitudes).
[2] Abridged from Harpokration s.v., an entry generated by
Lysias fr. 235 Sauppe (now 289 Carey OCT) and citing also
Aratus and Hesiod.
[3] From
beta 386.
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 29 July 2001@07:20:23.
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