ἄρκτος, ἡ,
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1. 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 constellation Ursa 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.
3. the north, πρὸς ἄρκτον τετραμμένος Hdt. 1.148, cf. E. El. 733 (lyr.), Aeschin. 3.165, etc.; ἀπὸ ἄ. IG 5(2).444.11 (Megalopolis), al.: pl., Hp. Aër. 5 and 19, Pl. Criti. 118b, etc. ἡ ἑτέρα ἄ. the south pole, Arist. Mete. 362a32.
II ἄρκτος, ἡ, at Athens a girl appointed to the service of Artemis Brauronia or Ἀρχηγέτις, E. Hyps.Fr. 57, Ar. Lys. 645.
III a kind of crab, prob. Scyllarus arctus, Arist. HA 549b23, cf. Speus. ap. Ath. 3.105b, Mnesim. 4.45, Archestr. Fr. 56. ἄρκτου δένδρον, = ἀκτῆ, Ps.- Dsc. 4.173. (Cf. Skt. ṛk[snull ]as, Lat. ursus, etc.)
G715 — ἄρκτος
ἄρκτου, ὁ, ἡ, or (so G L T Tr WH) ἄρκος, ἄρκου, ὁ, ἡ, a bear: [Rev 13:2]. (From Homer down.)