arctos

Latin · noun
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2023-12-01

Meanings
Literal translation
bear
Categories
constellation
Related Lemmata 5

1. the Bear

1.a 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.’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 8.17.7

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. 2.313-314


Cite this entry
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: July 4, 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac1502,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {arctos ({Lemma} #1502)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1502/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1502/},
}