arcturus

arctūrus, i, m., = ἀρκτοῦρος.

• As a star.
• • A The brightest star in Bootes, whose rising and setting was supposed to portend tempestuous weather (Plaut. Rud. prol. 71): stella micans radiis, Arcturus, Cic. Arat. 99; id. N. D. 2, 42, 110 (as a transl. of Arat. 95); cf. Hyg. Fab. 130; id. Astr. 2, 4; Verg. A. 1, 744; Vulg. Job, 9, 6; 37, 9; ib. Amos, 5, 8; introduced in Plaut. Rud. as Prologus.—Transf.
  • B The whole constellation (syn.: Bootes, Arctophylax), Verg. G. 1, 204 Voss.—
  • C The rising of Arcturus, Verg. G. 1, 68.—
• II A plant, v. arction.