Ἀρκτοῦρος
Ancient Greek edit
Etymology edit
From ᾰ̓́ρκτος (árktos, “bear”) + οὖρος (oûros, “guard”), in reference to its proximity to Ursa Major and Ursa Minor (the bear constellations).
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ark.tûː.ros/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /arkˈtu.ros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /arkˈtu.ros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /arkˈtu.ros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /arkˈtu.ros/
Proper noun edit
Ᾰ̓ρκτοῦρος • (Arktoûros) m (genitive Ᾰ̓ρκτούρου); second declension
- Arcturus, a bright star in the Boötes constellation.
- Anaxag. 20
- The time of Arcturus's rising (mid September).
Inflection edit
Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ Ᾰ̓ρκτοῦρος ho Arktoûros | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ Ᾰ̓ρκτούρου toû Arktoúrou | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῷ Ᾰ̓ρκτούρῳ tôi Arktoúrōi | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν Ᾰ̓ρκτοῦρον tòn Arktoûron | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Ᾰ̓ρκτοῦρε Arktoûre | ||||||||||||
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Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “Ἀρκτοῦρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Ἀρκτοῦρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Ἀρκτοῦρος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,002