ἄρκτος,ἡ,
A. bear,esp.Ursus arctos, brown bear,
Od. 11.611 , h.Merc. 223 , h.Ven. 159 , Hdt. 4.191 , etc.: the instances of the masc. are dub. ( Arist. Col. 798a26 is inconclusive), the fem. being used even when both sexes are included, Id. HA 539b33 .
2. Ἄρκτος,ἡ,the constellationUrsa Major,
Ἄρκτον θ', ἣν καὶ Ἄμαξαν ἐπίκλησιν καλέουσιν
Il. 18.487
, Od. 5.273 , cf. Heraclit. 120 , E. Ion 1154 , etc.; τὰ ὑπὸ τὴν Ἄ. ἀοίκητα
Hdt. 5.10
; Ἄρκτου στροφάδες κέλευθοι
S. Tr. 131
(lyr.); Ἄρκτου στροφάς τε καὶ Κυνὸς ψυχρὰν δύσιν
Id. Fr. 432.11
: in pl.,the Greater and Lesser Bears,
Arat. 27 ;Ἄ. μικρά, μεγάλη,
Str. 2.5.35 , 36 , cf. Cic. ND 2.41.105 .