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|lshtext=<b>arctŏs</b>: (nom. [[arctos]], Verg. G. 1, 246; acc. arcton, Ov. M. 2, 132; 13, 293; id. F. 2, 192; Verg. G. 1, 138:<br /><b>I</b> arctum, Cic. N. D. 2, 42, 109 (in [[verse]]); nom. plur. arctoe (as in Ter. Adelphoe for [[Adelphi]]), Cic. N. D. 2, 41, 105, and Arat. Phaen. 441 B. and K.; C. German. Arat. 25 and 63), i, f. (cf. Rudd. I. p. 27; Neue, Formenl. I. pp. 650 sq.; 129; 131), = [[ἄρκτος]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit., the Great and the Lesser Bear (Ursa Major et Minor; syn.: [[ursa]], [[plaustrum]], Septentrio), a [[double]] [[constellation]] ([[hence]], geminae, Ov. M. 3, 45; Prop. 3, 15, 25) in the [[vicinity]] of the [[north]] [[pole]]; cf. Hyg. Astr. 2, 1 sq. Among the poets, on [[account]] of its [[place]] in the [[north]], gelidae arcti, Ov. M. 4, 625; Verg. A. 6, 16; cf. Hor. C. 1, 26, 3; and [[since]] it [[never]] sets to [[our]] hemisphere, [[immunis]] aequoris, Ov. M. 13, 293: aequoris [[expers]], id. ib. 13, 727: [[metuens]] aequore tingui, Verg. G. 1, 246 (an [[imitation]] of the Homeric: [[ἄμμορος]] λοετρῶν Ὠκεανοῖο, Il. 18, 489; Od. 5, 275; cf. also Arat. Phaen. 48: Ἄρκτοι κυανέου πεφυλαγμέναι Ὠκεανοῖο).—<br /><b>II</b> Metaph.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> The [[north]] [[pole]], Ov. M. 2, 132.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> The [[night]] (cf. [[luna]]), Prop. 3, 15, 25.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> The [[people]] [[dwelling]] in the [[north]], Luc. 3, 74: [[post]] domitas Arctos, Claud. Laud. Stil. 1, 246; id. VI. Cons. Hon. 336.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>D</b> The [[north]] [[wind]], Hor. C. 2, 15, 16.
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|lnztxt=arctos ''vel'' arctus, i. f. :: 北斗。 北邊國。 Duae arcti 二北。Geminae arcti 二夜。
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