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Boötes en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /boʊˈoʊtiːz/
• bō-ōʹtēz

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. 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.
   • when my name and honor ſhall be ſpread, As far as Boreas claps his braſen wings, Or faire Botëes ſends his cheerefull light. c. 1587–1588 (date written), [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:
   • These fringes of lamplight, struggling up through smoke and thousandfold exhalation, some fathoms into the ancient reign of Night, what thinks Boötes of them, as he leads his Hunting-Dogs over the Zenith in their leash of sidereal fire? 1831, Thomas Carlyle, “Reminiscences”, in Sartor Resartus: The Life and Opinions of Herr Teufelsdröckh. […], London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC, 1st book, page 14:

Forms

Relateds

Boötis · Boötid

Translations (37)

fa گاوران (constellation) · grc Ἀρκτοφύλαξ (constellation) · pt Boieiro (constellation) · la Arcturus (constellation) · sv Björnvaktaren (constellation) · es Boötes (constellation) · eo Bovisto (constellation) · tr Boötes (constellation) · et Karjus (constellation) · la Arctophylax (constellation) · es Pastor (constellation) · ja 牛飼い座 (constellation) · ru Волопа́с (constellation) · gl Boieiro (constellation) · la Bootes (constellation) · az Naxırçı (constellation) · kk Сиыршы (constellation) · ga Bóitéas (constellation) · grc Βοώτης (constellation) · it Boote (constellation) · ms Gembala (constellation) · yue 牧夫座 (constellation) · cmn 牧夫座 (constellation) · pl Wolarz (constellation) · ko 목동(牧童)자리 (constellation) · ota بقار (constellation) · ga an tAoire (constellation) · es Boyero (constellation) · nb Bjørnevokteren (constellation) · ca Bover (constellation) · ga Boötes (constellation) · de Bärenhüter (constellation) · fi Karhunvartija (constellation) · nn Bjørnepassaren (constellation) · fr Bouvier (constellation) · hi ग्वाला तारामंडल (constellation) · ja うしかい座 (constellation)