〈—〉 msḫ.ṱ ‘Ursa Major’
〈—〉 ḫpš ‘Ursa Major’
〈septentriones〉 ‘Ursa Major’
〈Ἄρκτος〉 Arktos ‘Ursa Major’
〈Ἄμαξα〉 Amaxa ‘Ursa Major’
arctos
Latin noun
loaned from Greek
| Primary meaning | the Bear |
|---|---|
| Literal translation | bear |
| Variants | arctos |
| Edited by |
the Bear constellation
referring to Ursa major or Ursa minor
Extremus est Anguis, qui inter duas Arctos positus in modum fluminis sinuosis flexibus labitur.
‘At the end lies the Snake which falls between the two Bears curved and bent in the way of a river.’
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). arctos (Lemma #1502). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1502/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). arctos (Lemma #1502). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1502/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). arctos (Lemma #1502). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1502/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) arctos (Lemma #1502), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1502/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX
@misc{zodiac1502,
note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
year = {2023},
title = {arctos ({Lemma} #1502)},
url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1502/},
howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1502/},
}