Boötes
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Etymology[edit]
From Latin Boōtēs, the constellation, from Ancient Greek Βοώτης (Boṓtēs).
Pronunciation[edit]
- enPR: bō-ōʹtēz, IPA(key): /boʊˈoʊtiːz/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Proper noun[edit]
Boötes
- (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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a constellation
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