Bo·ö·tes (b - t z)n. A constellation in the Northern Hemisphere near Virgo and Canes Venatici, containing the bright star Arcturus. Boötes is one of the earliest recorded constellations. [Latin Bo ts, from Greek bots, plowman, Boötes, from botein, to plow, from bous, ox; see gwou- in Indo-European roots.] |
Boötes [bəʊˈəʊtiːz]
n Latin genitive Boötis [bəʊˈəʊtɪs]
(Astronomy) a constellation in the N hemisphere lying near Ursa Major and containing the first magnitude star Arcturus
[via Latin from Greek: ploughman, from boōtein to plough, from bous ox]
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