arcturum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →Arcturus, Arcturi:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
Acturus, brightest star in Bootes; the whole constellation; arction plant;
acc. sg.gen. pl.
Examples
Liber Secundus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...discutit et uiuis adflatibus ora serenat. inde per Arcturum mediaeque silentia Lunae arua super populosque meat. Sopor obuius..."Aeneid III
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...aera captat; sidera cuncta notat tacito labentia caelo, Arcturum pluviasque Hyadas geminosque Triones, armatumque auro circumspicit Oriona. postquam..."Aeneid I
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...hominum genus et pecudes; unde imber et ignes; Arcturum pluviasque Hyadas geminosque Triones; quid tantum Oceano properent..."Liber I
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...fuerit tellus fecunda, sub ipsum Arcturum tenui sat erit suspendere sulco: illic, officiant laetis ne frugibus herbae..."