Arcturus Definition

ärk-to͝orəs, -tyo͝or-
noun
The fourth brightest star in the sky and the brightest star in the constellation Boötes, approximately 36 light years from Earth.
American Heritage
A giant, orange, variable star in the constellation Boötes, the brightest star in the N celestial sphere: magnitude, −0.05
Webster's New World
pronoun

(astronomy) A bright yellow-orange star in the constellation Boötes; Alpha (α) Boötis. It is the third brightest star in the night sky.

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Origin of Arcturus

  • Middle English from Latin Arctūrus from Greek Arktouros arktos bear r̥tko- in Indo-European roots ouros guard (from its position behind Ursa Major) wer-3 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Borrowed from Latin Arctūrus.

    From Wiktionary

Arcturus Sentence Examples

  • It was also called Proarcturia, an indication that it was held before the rising of Arcturus.

  • The Greeks identified this constellation with the nymph Callisto, placed in the heavens by Zeus in the form of a bear together with her son Arcas as " bear-warder," or Arcturus; they named it Arctos, the she-bear, Helice, from its turning round the pole-star.

  • Arcturus has been supposed to be referred to in various passages of the Hebrew Bible; the Vulgate reads Arcturus for stars mentioned in Job ix.

  • This constellation has been known by many other names - Arcas, Arctophylax, Arcturus minor, Bubuleus, Bubulus, Canis latrans, Clamator, Icarus, Lycaon, Philometus, Plaustri custos, Plorans, Thegnis, Vociferator; the Arabs termed it Aramech or Archamech; Hesychius named it Orion; Jules Schiller, St Sylvester; Schickard, Nimrod; and Weigelius, the Three Swedish Crowns.

  • Of the first magnitude red stars Antares is the most deeply coloured, Betelgeux,.Aldebaran and Arcturus being successively less conspicuously red.

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