Arctos

Meaning

1. femininein pluralUrsa Major and Ursa Minor
   Iuppiter Alcmenae geminas requieverat Arctōs,Jove for Alcmena's sake made the stars of the Bear to slumber two nights long, and heaven twice was kingless through the dark;Propertius (2, 22, 25f.). In: Propertius with an English translation by H. E. Butler, 1916, page 124f.
2. femininein pluralmetonymicallynorth
   Post domitas Arctos alio prorupit ab axe tempestas et, ne qua tuis intacta tropaeisAfter the conquest of the north arose a fresh storm in another quarter. The trumpets of war rang out in the south that there might be no part of the world untouched by thy victories:Claudianus (De consulatu stilichonis, 1, 246ff.). In: Claudian with an English translation by Maurice Platnauer. In two volumes I, 1922, page 382f.
3. femininemetonymicallysingularnorth
   ... nulla decempedis Metata privatis opacam Porticus excipiebat Arcton;² No one sought the cool shade of the North Under peristyles planned out for temples;²No private man had porticoes measured by a ten-feet rule, which appears to have been a measurement for temples and public buildings. The peristyles at Pompeii, which form an inner court to the house, give sufficient idea of these corridors, opening to the north for coolness in summer, and to the south for sunshine in winter.Horatius (Carmina, 2, 15, 14ff.). In: The Odes and Epodes of Horace[.] A metrical Translation into English with Introduction and Commentaries by Lord Lytton[.] With Latin text. New Edition, 1872, page 178f.

Declension

Origins

1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ŕ̥tḱos
2. Proto-Hellenic*árktos
3. Ancient Greek ἄρκτος(árktos)
4. LatinArctos

Ancient Greek Ἄρκτος (Árktos)bor. ▲ Ancient Greek ἄρκτος (árktos)bor. Latin Arctos Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἄρκτος (Árktos, “Ursa Major”) and ἄρκτος (árktos, “the north”). Doublet of ursus.