arcton
Dictionary entries
- Entry →Arctos, Arcti:
Feminine · Noun
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Science
Big/Little Dipper/Bear, region of celestial pole; North lands/people/direction;
acc. sg.
Examples
Liber IX
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...Noton umbra cadit, quae nobis exit in Arcton. te segnis Cynosura subit, tu sicca profundo mergi Plaustra putas..."
Liber Quintus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...fugam crudelia Perses signa gerens omnemque quatit rumoribus Arcton. iamque aderat magnis regum cum milibus urbi primaque..."Liber Quartus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...contra bracchia, sic ingens Asiae plaga quique per Arcton dexter et in laevum pontus iacet haec mea visit..."Liber I
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...numeros et nomina fecit Pleiadas, Hyadas, claramque Lycaonis Arcton. tum laqueis captare feras et fallere uisco inuentum..."Metamorphoses II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...trium contentus fine polumque effugit australem iunctamque aquilonibus arcton: hac sit iter—manifesta rotae vestigia cernes— utque ferant..."