〈arcturus〉 ‘Arcturus’
〈Ἄρκτοφύλαξ〉 Arktophulax ‘Boötes’
Ἀρκτοῦρος
Arktouros
Greek noun
Last edited: 2025-02-26| Primary meaning | Arcturus (α Boötis) |
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| Literal translation | Arcturus |
| Variants | Ἀρκτοῦρος Arktouros |
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Arcturus (α Boötis) star, part of constellation
Ὁ μὲν γὰρ ἀνὰ μέσον τῶν σκελῶν τοῦ Ἀρκτοφύλακος κείμενος ἐπίσημος ἀστὴρ Ἀρκτοῦρος ὀνομάζεται.
‘The notable star lying in the midst of the legs of the Bear Keeper is named Arcturus.’
α. ἀρχαίης ὦ θινὸς ἐπεστηλωμένον ἄχθος, εἴποις ὅντιν’ ἔχεις, ἢ τίνος, ἢ ποδαπόν. β. Φίντων’ Ἑρμιονῆα Βαθυκλέος, ὃν πολὺ κῦμα ὤλεσεν, Ἀρκτούρου λαίλαπι χρησάμενον.
‘A. “O stone standing a burden on the ancient beach, tell me whom thou holdest, whose son and whence.” B. “Phinto the son of Bathycles of Hermione, who perished in the heavy sea, encountering the blast of Arcturus.”’
APA (7th)
Peeters, T., & Meinhardt, K. (2025). Ἀρκτοῦρος (Lemma #2881). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2881/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Peeters, T., & Meinhardt, K. (2025). Ἀρκτοῦρος (Lemma #2881). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2881/
MLA (9th)
Peeters, T., & Meinhardt, K. (2025). Ἀρκτοῦρος (Lemma #2881). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2881/
Harvard
Peeters, T. and Meinhardt, K. (2025) Ἀρκτοῦρος (Lemma #2881), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2881/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX
@misc{zodiac2881,
note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
author = {Peeters, Thomas and Meinhardt, Kierán},
year = {2025},
title = {Ἀρκτοῦρος ({Lemma} #2881)},
url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2881/},
howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2881/},
}