| 词汇 | Arcturus |
| 词根词缀 | 词源： late 14c., bright star in the constellation Bootes (also used of the whole constellation), anciently associated with the Bear, and its name is Gk. for "guardian of the bear." See Arctic; second element is from ouros "watcher, guardian, ward." Arcturus in the Bible is a mistranslation by Jerome of Heb. Ayish, which actually refers to the "bowl" of the Big Dipper. In Israel and Arabia, the seven stars of the Great Bear seem to have been a bier (the "bowl") followed by three mourners. The double nature of the great bear/wagon (see Big Dipper) has given two different names to the following constellation: Arktouros "bear-ward" (and bootes "the wagoner." |
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