Boötes

See also: bootes, and Bootes

English

Alternative forms

• Bootes

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• enPR: bō-ōʹtēz, IPA^(key): /boʊˈoʊtiːz/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Proper noun

Boötes

1. (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.

Related terms

• Boötis

Translations

constellation

• Azerbaijani: Naxırçı
• Catalan: Bover (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 牧夫座 (muk⁶ fu¹ zo⁶)

  Mandarin: 牧夫座 (zh) (Mùfūzuò)

• Estonian: Karjus
• Finnish: Karhunvartija
• French: Bouvier (fr) m
• Galician: Boieiro (gl)
• German: Bärenhüter (de) m
• Greek:

  Ancient: Βοώτης m (Boṓtēs), Ἀρκτοφύλαξ m (Arktophúlax)

• Hindi: ग्वाला तारामंडल (gvālā tārāmaṇḍal)
• Irish: Bóitéas m, Boötes m, an tAoire m
• Italian: Boote (it) m
• Japanese: うしかい座 (ja), 牛飼い座 (ja)
• Kazakh: Сиыршы (Siyrşy)
• Korean: 목동(牧童)자리 (Mokdongjari)
• Latin: Arcturus (la) m, Arctophylax m, Bootes (la) m
• Malay: Gembala
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Bjørnevokteren (no)

  Nynorsk: Bjørnepassaren

• Ottoman Turkish: بقار (bakkar)
• Persian: گاوران (gâvrân)
• Polish: Wolarz (pl) m
• Portuguese: boieiro (pt) m
• Russian: Волопа́с (ru) (Volopás)
• Spanish: Boötes, Pastor (es), Boyero (es)
• Swedish: Björnvaktaren (sv) c (used only in the definite)
• Turkish: Boötes

Anagrams

• besoot

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Boötes m

1. (astronomy) Boötes

Synonyms

• Ossenhoeder