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Meaning of Bootes | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
boʊˈoʊtiːz

Definitions

A circumpolar constellation of the northern sky, called the “bear-guard” or theherdsman”. It includes the fourth-brightest star in the night sky, Arcturus.

Equivalents

Català bover
Deutsch Bärenhüter
Español Boötes Boyero pastor
Français Bootès bootés bouvier
Italiano Boote
Қазақша сиыршы
Latina Arcturus Bootes
Bahasa Melayu gembala
Polski Wolarz
Português boieiro Boötes bootes
Русский Волопа́с

Examples

“when my name and honor ſhall be ſpread, As far as Boreas claps his braſen wings, Or faire Botëes ſends his cheerefull light.”
“These fringes of lamplight, struggling up through smoke and thousandfold exhalation, some fathoms into the ancient reign of Night, what thinks Boötes of them, as he leads his Hunting-Dogs over the Zenith in their leash of sidereal fire?”

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