ἄρκτος
ἄρκτος,
ἡ,
2). Ἄρκτος, the constellation
Ursa Major, Ἄρκτον θ’, ἣν καὶ Ἄμαξαν ἐπίκλησιν καλέουσιν Il. 18.487 ,
Od. 5.273 , cf.
Heraclit. 120 ,
E. Ion 1154 , etc.;
τὰ ὑπὸ τὴν Ἄ. ἀοίκητα Hdt. 5.10 ;
Ἄρκτου στροφάδες κέλευθοι S. Tr. 131 (lyr.);
Ἄρκτου στροφάς τε καὶ Κυνὸς ψυχρὰν δύσιν Id. Fr. 432.11 : in pl.,
the Greater and Lesser Bears, Arat. 27 ;
Ἄ. μικρά, μεγάλη, Str. 2.5.35 ,
36 , cf.
Cic. ND 2.41.105 .
II). ἄρκτος, at Athens
a girl appointed to the service of Artemis Brauronia or
Ἀρχηγέτις, E. Hyps.Fr. 57 ,
Ar. Lys. 645 .
IV). ἄρκτου δένδρον, = ἀκτῆ , Ps.- Dsc. 4.173 . (Cf. Skt. ṛk[snull ]as, Lat. ursus, etc.)
ShortDef
a bear, the constellation Ursa maior, the north
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Headword (normalized):
ἄρκτος
Headword (normalized/stripped):
αρκτος
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lsj-15199
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">ἄρκτος</span>, <span class="gen greek">ἡ</span>, <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">bear,</span> esp. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">Ursus arctos, brown bear,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:11:611" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:11.611/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 11.611 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0013.tlg004.perseus-grc1:223" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0013.tlg004.perseus-grc1:223/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">h.Merc.</span> 223 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0013.tlg005.perseus-grc1:159" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0013.tlg005.perseus-grc1:159/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">h.Ven.</span> 159 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:191" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.191/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 4.191 </a>, etc.: the instances of the masc. are dub.(<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg007:798a:26" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg007:798a.26/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Col.</span> 798a26 </a> is inconclusive), the fem. being used even when both sexes are included, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:539b:33" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:539b.33/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HA</span> 539b33 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">Ἄρκτος, </span> the constellation <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">Ursa Major,</span> <span class="quote greek">Ἄρκτον θ’, ἣν καὶ Ἄμαξαν ἐπίκλησιν καλέουσιν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:18:487" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:18.487/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 18.487 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:5:273" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:5.273/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 5.273 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1415.tlg001:120" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1415.tlg001:120/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Heraclit.</span> 120 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg010.perseus-grc1:1154" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg010.perseus-grc1:1154/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ion</span> 1154 </a>, etc.; <span class="quote greek">τὰ ὑπὸ τὴν Ἄ. ἀοίκητα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:10" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5.10/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 5.10 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">Ἄρκτου στροφάδες κέλευθοι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg001.perseus-grc1:131" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg001.perseus-grc1:131/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tr.</span> 131 </a> (lyr.); <span class="quote greek">Ἄρκτου στροφάς τε καὶ Κυνὸς ψυχρὰν δύσιν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:432:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:432.11/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 432.11 </a> : in pl., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the Greater and Lesser Bears,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0653.tlg001.perseus-grc1:27" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0653.tlg001.perseus-grc1:27/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arat.</span> 27 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">Ἄ. μικρά, μεγάλη,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0099.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:5:35" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0099.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:5:35/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Str.</span> 2.5.35 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0099.tlg001.perseus-grc1:36" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0099.tlg001.perseus-grc1:36/canonical-url/"> 36 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:latinLit:phi0474.phi050.perseus-lat1:2:41:105" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:latinLit:phi0474.phi050.perseus-lat1:2:41:105/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Cic.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">ND</span> 2.41.105 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the north,</span> <span class="quote greek">πρὸς ἄρκτον τετραμμένος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:148" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.148/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 1.148 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg012.perseus-grc1:733" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg012.perseus-grc1:733/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">El.</span> 733 </a> (lyr.), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0026.tlg003.perseus-grc1:165" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0026.tlg003.perseus-grc1:165/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Aeschin.</span> 3.165 </a>, etc.; <span class="quote greek">ἀπὸ ἄ.</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 5(2).444.11 </span> (Megalopolis), al.: pl., <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hp.</span> </span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">Aër.</span> <span class="bibl"> 5 </span> and <span class="bibl"> 19 </span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg032:118b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg032:118b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Criti.</span> 118b </a>, etc. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>b).</strong></span> <span class="quote greek">ἡ ἑτέρα ἄ.</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the south pole,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg026:362a:32" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg026:362a.32/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mete.</span> 362a32 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">ἄρκτος, </span> at Athens <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">a girl appointed to the service of Artemis Brauronia</span> or <span class="foreign greek">Ἀρχηγέτις,</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hyps.Fr.</span> 57 </span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg007.perseus-grc1:645" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg007.perseus-grc1:645/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lys.</span> 645 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>III).</strong></span> a kind of <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">crab,</span> prob. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">Scyllarus arctus,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:549b:23" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:549b.23/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HA</span> 549b23 </a>, cf. <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Speus.</span> </span> ap. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0008.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:105b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0008.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.105b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ath.</span> 3.105b </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0476.tlg001:4:45" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0476.tlg001:4.45/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Mnesim.</span> 4.45 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1175.tlg001:56" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1175.tlg001:56/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Archestr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 56 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>IV).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">ἄρκτου δένδρον,</span> = <span class="ref greek">ἀκτῆ</span> , Ps.-<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Dsc.</span> 4.173 </span>. (Cf. Skt. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">ṛk[snull ]as,</span> Lat. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">ursus,</span> etc.)</div> </div><br><br>'}