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Strong's #715 - ἄρκτος
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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.)
ἄρκτος, ἄρκτου, ὁ, ἡ, or (so G L T Tr WH) ἄρκος, ἄρκου, ὁ, ἡ, a bear: Revelation 13:2. (From Homer down.)
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ἅρκος
(Rec. (cl.) ἅρκιος ),
[in LXX for H1677;] -ου , ὁ , ἡ ,
a bear: Revelation 13:2. (This form is also found in late Inscr.; MM, s.v.)†
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Ἄρκος for ἄρκτος, as in Revelation 13:2 (cf. 1 Kingd 17.34) is found in the later inscriptions, as in a Praenestine mosaic, IGSI 1302 (= CIG III. 6131b) (time of Hadrian ?) : cf. ib. 2325, 2328, 2334. The still more contracted ἄρξ occurs in the Silko inscription OGIS 201.17 (vi/A.D.), ἐγὼ γὰρ εἰς κάτω μέρη λέων εἰμί, καὶ εἰς ἄνω μέρη ἄρξ εἰμι : where see Dittenberger’s note. MGr ἀρκούδα ";she-bear,"; as Thumb remarks, owes its origin to this by-form : he also (Handb. p. 320) gives ἄρκος as current in Pontus.
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