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Bootes

Bootes

the nearly stationary constellation Bootes

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 23 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

Bŏōtes — Lewis & Short

Bŏōtes, ae (

I gen. Bootae, Ov. A. A. 2, 55; Luc. 2, 722; Juv. 5, 23; Mart. 4, 3, 5; cf. Rudd. I. p. 76, n. 48: Bootis, Hyg. Astr. 3, 24; Avien. Perieg. 364; 456; 856; Isid. Orig. 3, 70, 9: Booti, Cic. Arat. ap. Prisc. p. 706; v. 100 B. and K., and Cic. N. D. 2, 42, 110; acc. Booten, Ov. F. 5, 733; voc. Boote, id. M. 2, 176), m., = *bow/ths, the nearly stationary constellation Bootes, the Bear-keeper, = Arctophylax (q. v.; cf. also arcturus), Cic. Arat. l. l.; Verg. G. 1, 229; Ov. M. 10, 447 al.: piger, id. F. 3, 405; Juv. 5, 23; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 190: tardus, Ov. M. 2, 176; Caes. Germ. Arat. 139; Val. Fl. 2, 68; Sen. Med. 315; Claud. Laud. Stil. 1, 123.

In the wild

6 of 32 attestations shown.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission.

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