Bootes

Bootes

See also: bootes and Boötes

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)

  1. (astronomy, learned) synonym of Bärenhüter (the constellation Boötes)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈboːtəs/
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Noun

Bootes

  1. genitive singular of Boot
    Synonym: Boots

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, 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.