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..."- P
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..." - P
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..." - P
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..."