Bootes

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See also: bootes and Boötes

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈboːtəs/
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Noun

Bootes

  1. genitive singular of Boot
    Synonym: Boots

Proper noun

Bootes m

  1. (astronomy) Boötes (a constellation)
    Synonym: Bärenhüter m

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Βοώτης (Boṓtēs).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Boōtēs m sg (genitive Boōtae); first declension

  1. 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.

singular
nominative Boōtēs
genitive Boōtae
dative Boōtae
accusative Boōtēn
ablative Boōtē
vocative Boōtē

Descendants

  • Dutch: Boötes
  • English: Boötes

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.