arktos

The Greek word arktos, answering to the Sanskrit riksha, meant originally any bright object, and was applied to the bear -- for what reason it would not be easy to state -- and to that constellation which was most conspicuous in the latitude of the early home of the Aryans.

Myths and Myth-makers: Old Tales and Superstitions Interpreted by Comparative Mythology 1872

Arctic takes its root from the Greek "arktos", meaning bear, and refers to those lands that lie under the constellation of the Great Bear.

The Future History of the Arctic by Charles Emmerson; After the Ice by Alun Anderson; True North by Gavin Francis 2010

Arctic takes its root from the Greek "arktos", meaning bear, and refers to those lands that lie under the constellation of the Great Bear.

Environment news, comment and analysis from the Guardian | guardian.co.uk Robin McKie 2010

According to the Oxford English Dictionary, "Arctic" is derived from the Greek word 'arktikos' which means 'of the bear', or 'northern' (from the Greek 'arktos', a bear), referring to the constellation Ursa Major ( 'Great Bear') an important constellation seen in the Northern Hemisphere which was observed never to disappear, i.e. set, within the realms of the Arctic.

Arctic 2010

It was Cap * Conceiving as they did of an equilibrium in nature, they decided that the arktos, the

Terra Incognita Wheeler, Sarah 1996

Of the botanical names, _Arctium_ derived from _arktos_, a bear, in allusion to the roughness of the burs; and _Lappa_ is from

Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie

The Great Bear, called in Greek [Greek: arktos] or [Greek: helikê], has her Warden behind her.

The Ten Books on Architecture Vitruvius Pollio

Another suggestion is that the earliest astronomers, the Chaldeans, called these stars "the shining ones," and their word happened to be very like the Greek _arktos_ (a bear).

Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts Girl Scouts of the United States of America 1918

Non-Attic Forms of Substantives. alopekas accusative plural (Jdg. 15: 4) for alopekas. arkos (1 K. [1 Sam.] 17: 34) for arktos, which does not occur.

A Grammar of Septuagint Greek 1856-1924 1905

Nothing could be more natural to a savage; they all do it. {144b} But that an Aryan, a Greek, should talk such nonsense as to say that he was the descendant of a bear who was changed into a star, and all merely because 'Areas reminded the Arcadians of arktos,' seems to me an extreme test of belief, and a very unlikely thing to occur.

Modern Mythology Andrew Lang 1878