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1 arctūrus
arctūrus ī, m, ἀρκτοῦροσ (bear-ward), the brightest star in Boötes, V.* * *Acturus, brightest star in Bootes; the whole constellation; arction plant -
2 arcturus
arctūrus, i, m., = arktouros.I.As a star.A.The brightest star in Bootes,, whose rising and setting was supposed to portend tempestuous weather (Plaut. Rud. prol. 71):B.stella micans radiis, Arcturus,
Cic. Arat. 99; id. N. D. 2, 42, 110 (as a transl. of Arat. 95); cf. Hyg. Fab. 130; id. Astr. 2, 4; Verg. A. 1, 744; Vulg. Job, 9, 6; 37, 9; ib. Amos, 5, 8; introduced in Plaut. Rud. as Prologus.— Transf.The whole constellation (syn.:C.Bootes, Arctophylax),
Verg. G. 1, 204 Voss.—The rising of Arcturus, Verg. G. 1, 68.—II.A plant, v. arction.
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