Arctus

arctus Latin Alternative forms la Arctos la arctus Etymology Borrowed from la grc Ἄρκτος, grc ἄρκτος. la ursus. Noun Arctus<2.both> f the Ursa Major constellation la Septentriō maior, Helicē la qualified as la minor the Ursa Minor constellation la Cynosūra la Hyginus astronomus Poeticon Astronomicon 2 2 perh. post 2nd c. CE but ancient Incidit etiam compluribus erratio, quibus de causis minor Arctus Phoenice appelletur. [...] Thales enim, qui [...] hanc primus Arctum appellavit, natione fuit Phoenix. Very many make an error regarding why it is called the Smaller Bear in Phoenician. [...] Thales of Miletus, who [...] was the first to call it a Bear, was of Phoenician descent. la in the plural both the Ursa Major and the Ursa Minor la Septentriōnēs la Hyginus astronomus Poeticon Astronomicon 2 2 perh. post 2nd c. CE but ancient Nonnulli etiam Helicen et Cynosuram nymphas esse Iouis nutrices dicunt, et hac re etiam pro beneficio in mundo conlocatas, et utrasque Arctos appellatas esse, quas nostri Septentriones dixerunt. Some say the Ursa Major and Ursa Minor are Jupiter's nursing nymphs, and for this reason they were placed on the world [sky] for our benefit, and were both named Arctos ("the Bears"), which we [the Romans] named the Septentriones ("the Northerners"). north la boreās, aquilō, septentriō, septentriōnēs la Statius Silvae 4 3 153 Juravit tibi iam nivalis Arctus The snowy north has already sworn itself to you Further reading