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Boötes
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bootes Bootes
English
Alternative forms
en Bootes
Etymology
From en la Boōtēs, the constellation, from en grc Βοώτης.
Pronunciation
bō-ōʹtēz, en /boʊˈoʊtiːz/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Boötes.wav Southern England
Proper noun
en constellation A circumpolar constellation of the northern sky, called the “bear-guard” or the “herdsman”. It includes the fourth-brightest star in the night sky, Arcturus.
1 ii 26 when my name and honor ſhall be ſpread,As far as Boreas claps his braſen wings,Or faire Botëes ſends his cheerefull light.
Reminiscences 14 These fringes of lamplight, struggling up through smoke and thousandfold exhalation, some fathoms into the ancient reign of Night, what thinks Boötes of them, as he leads his Hunting-Dogs over the Zenith in their leash of sidereal fire?
Related terms
en Boötid
en Boötis
Translations
constellation
Azerbaijani: az Naxırçı
Catalan: ca Bover m
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 牧夫座
Mandarin: cmn 牧夫座
Esperanto: eo Bovisto
Estonian: et Karjus
Finnish: fi Karhunvartija
French: fr Bouvier m
Galician: gl Boieiro
German: de Bärenhüter m
Greek:
Ancient Greek: grc Βοώτης m, grc Ἀρκτοφύλαξ m
Hindi: hi ग्वाला तारामंडल m
Irish: ga Bóitéas m, ga Boötes m, ga an tAoire m
Italian: it Boote m
Japanese: ja 牛飼い座 Ushikaiza, ja うしかい座 Ushikaiza
Kazakh: kk Сиыршы
Korean: ko ^목동(牧童)자리
Latin: la Arcturus m, la Arctophylax m, la Bootes m
Malay: ms Gembala
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb Bjørnevokteren
Nynorsk: nn Bjørnepassaren
Persian: fa گاوران gâvrân
Polish: pl Wolarz m
Portuguese: pt Boieiro m
Russian: ru Волопа́с
Spanish: es Boötes, es Pastor, es Boyero
Swedish: sv Björnvaktaren c used only in the definite
Turkish: tr Boötes
Ottoman Turkish: ota بقار bakkar
Anagrams
en beoost besoot
Dutch
Pronunciation
nl Nl-Boötes.ogg
Proper noun
m
nl constellation en Boötes
Synonyms
nl Ossenhoeder