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arctŏs (nom. arctos, Verg. G. 1, 246; acc. arcton, Ov. M. 2, 132; 13, 293; id. F. 2, 192; Verg. G. 1, 138:I.arctum,
Cic. N. D. 2, 42, 109 (in verse); nom. plur. arctoe (as in Ter. Adelphoe for Adelphi), Cic. N. D. 2, 41, 105, and Arat. Phaen. 441 B. and K.; C. German. Arat. 25 and 63), i, f. (cf. Rudd. I. p. 27; Neue, Formenl. I. pp. 650 sq.; 129; 131), = arktos.Lit., the Great and the Lesser Bear (Ursa Major et Minor;II.syn.: ursa, plaustrum, Septentrio), a double constellation (hence, geminae,
Ov. M. 3, 45; Prop. 3, 15, 25) in the vicinity of the north pole; cf. Hyg. Astr. 2, 1 sq. Among the poets, on account of its place in the north, gelidae arcti, Ov. M. 4, 625; Verg. A. 6, 16; cf. Hor. C. 1, 26, 3;and since it never sets to our hemisphere, immunis aequoris,
Ov. M. 13, 293:aequoris expers,
id. ib. 13, 727:metuens aequore tingui,
Verg. G. 1, 246 (an imitation of the Homeric: ammoros loetrôn Ôkeanoio, Il. 18, 489; Od. 5, 275; cf. also Arat. Phaen. 48: Arktoi kuaneou pephulagmenai Ôkeanoio).—Metaph.A.The north pole, Ov. M. 2, 132.—B.The night (cf. luna), Prop. 3, 15, 25.—C.The people dwelling in the north, Luc. 3, 74:D.post domitas Arctos,
Claud. Laud. Stil. 1, 246; id. VI. Cons. Hon. 336.—The north wind, Hor. C. 2, 15, 16.
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