ἀρκτικός
Ancient Greek
adj-1&2
Definitions
- having to do with the Great Bear (Ursa Major)
- northern lands (lands near Ursa Major)
Etymology
Affix from Ancient Greek ἄρκτος (bear).
Origin
Ancient Greek
ἄρκτος
Gloss
bear
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
熊
Emoji
🐨 🐻❄️
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- arctogaeal English
- arctophile English
- arcticus Latin
- ursus Latin
- arktisch German
- subarktisch German
- artico Italian
- arctisch Dutch, Flemish
- colimbo ártico Spanish, Castilian
- ártico Spanish, Castilian
- σταφυλή Ancient Greek
- ἀνταρκτικός Ancient Greek
- ἄρκιον Ancient Greek
- ἄρκτος Ancient Greek
- *h₂ŕ̥tḱos Proto-Indo-European
- antarktisk Norwegian Bokmål
- arktisk Norwegian Bokmål
- subarktisk Norwegian Bokmål
- ártico Portuguese
- antarktisk Norwegian Nynorsk
- arktisk Norwegian Nynorsk
- subarktisk Norwegian Nynorsk
- arktický Czech
- arctique Old French
- àrtic Catalan, Valencian
- ártico Galician
- arctic Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- άρκτος Greek (modern)
- arctos Translingual
- artique Middle French
- ἀρκούδα gkm
- άρκος Pontic Greek