Boötes

See also: bootes and Bootes

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Etymology

From Latin Boōtēs, the constellation, from Ancient Greek Βοώτης (Boṓtēs).

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  • enPR: bō-ōʹtēz, IPA(key): /boʊˈoʊtiːz/
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Proper noun

Boötes

  1. (astronomy) A circumpolar constellation of the northern sky, called the “bear-guard” or the “herdsman”. It includes the fourth-brightest star in the night sky, Arcturus.
    • c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. [] The First Part [], 2nd edition, part 1, London: [] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, [], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act I, scene ii:
      when my name and honor ſhall be ſpread,
      As far as Boreas claps his braſen wings,
      Or faire Botëes ſends his cheerefull light.

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Proper noun

Boötes m

  1. (astronomy) Boötes

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