arcturus

Latin noun
loaned from Greek

Last edited: 2023-12-01
Primary meaning Arcturus
Literal translation bear's tail
Variants
arcturus
Edited by
Arcturus star

α Bootis

In Sagittarii signo in parte V. oritur Arcturus.

‘At 5° of the sign of Sagittarius rises Arcturus.’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 8.14.1

Genre: astrological compendium
Provenance: Sicily
Date: ca. 334 CE

Firmicus Maternus. 1897. Ivlii Firmici Materni Matheseos Libri VIII, ed. W. Kroll, F. Skutsch. Stuttgart: B. G. Teubner. 2.308

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). arcturus (Lemma #1485). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1485/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). arcturus (Lemma #1485). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1485/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). arcturus (Lemma #1485). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1485/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) arcturus (Lemma #1485), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1485/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1485,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {arcturus ({Lemma} #1485)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1485/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1485/},
}