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‖ Arcturus Astr.|ɑːkˈtjʊərəs|
Also 4 arthurus, arturis; arture, ariture, arctour.
[L. arctūrus, a. Gr. ἀρκτοῦρος, f. ἄρκτος the Bear + οὖρος guardian, ward (from its situation at the tail of the Bear); the forms arture, etc. were from Fr.]
The brightest star in the constellation Bootes; formerly, also, the whole constellation, and sometimes the Great Bear itself.
c1374Chaucer Boeth. iv. v. 132 Þe sterres of arctour. 1382Wyclif Amos v. 8 Arture and Orion. 1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. viii. xxiii. (1495) 334 Arthurus is a signe made of vij sterres..but properly Arthurus is a sterre sette behynde the tayle of the sygne that hyght Vrsa maior. 1611Bible Job xxxviii. 32 Canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons? 1704Pope Windsor For. 119 When moist Arcturus clouds the sky. |