arctophylax

Latin noun
loaned from Greek

Last edited: 2025-01-30
Primary meaning Bootes
Literal translation bear-warden
Variants
arctophylax
Edited by
Bootes constellation

a tergo nitet Arctophylax idemque Bootes

‘In his rear shines the Bearward, called also Bootes’

— Manilius, Astronomica 1.316

Genre: astrological treatise

Manilius. Astronomica. Edited and translated by G. P. Goold. Loeb Classical Library 469. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1977. 28-29

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). arctophylax (Lemma #2010). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2010/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). arctophylax (Lemma #2010). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2010/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). arctophylax (Lemma #2010). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2010/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2025) arctophylax (Lemma #2010), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2010/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2010,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2025},
	title = {arctophylax ({Lemma} #2010)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2010/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2010/},
}