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German
Etymology 1
From Latin Boōtēs, from Ancient Greek Βοώτης (Boṓtēs).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /boˈʔoːteːs/, /-təs/
Proper noun
Bootes m (proper noun, strong, genitive Bootes' or (with an article) Bootes)
- (astronomy, learned) Synonym of Bärenhüter (“the constellation Boötes”)
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
Noun
Bootes
- genitive singular of Boot
- Synonym: Boots
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Βοώτης (Boṓtēs).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Boōtēs m sg (genitive Boōtae); first declension
- Boötes, the constellation.
Usage notes
- Sometimes written Boötes, with a diaeresis.
Declension
First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ēs), singular only.
Descendants
References
- “Bootes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Bootes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.