Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Arcturus"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Arcturus
bear-keeper, the name given by the ancients to the brightest
star in the constellation Bootes. In the Authorized Version (Job
9:9; 38:32) it is the rendering of the Hebrew word _'ash_, which
probably designates the constellation the Great Bear. This word
('ash) is supposed to be derived from an Arabic word meaning
night-watcher, because the Great Bear always revolves about the
pole, and to our nothern hemisphere never sets.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Arcturus \Arc*tu"rus\, n. [L. Arcturus, Gr. ? bearward, equiv.
to ?; ? bear + ? ward, guard. See {Arctic}.] (Anat.)
A fixed star of the first magnitude in the constellation
Bo["o]tes.
Note: Arcturus has sometimes been incorrectly used as the
name of the constellation, or even of Ursa Major.
Canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons [Rev.
Ver.: ``the Bear with her train'']. --Job
xxxviii. 32.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Arcturus
n : the 4th brightest star and the brightest star in the
constellation Bootes; 36 light-years from Earth [syn: {Arcturus}]
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