ἄρκτον (arkton)

ἄρκτον is an Ancient Greek form of ἄρκτος, meaning “bear”. It is the accusative singular feminine noun.

Found 186 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Diogenes Laertius, Vitae philosophorum 7.1.152: ἀέρος κατὰ τὴν πρὸς ἡμᾶς πορείαν, θέρος δὲ τὸν ὑπὲρ γῆς ἀέρα καταθαλπόμενον τῇ τοῦ ἡλίου πρὸς ἄρκτον πορείᾳ, μετόπωρον δὲ τῇ παλινδρομίᾳ τοῦ ἡλίου ἀφʼ ἡμῶν γίνεσθαι. 〈τοὺς δʼ ἀνέμους ἀέρος εἶναι ῥύσεις· παραλλα …

Hesiod, Shield of Heracles 186: Ἄρκτον τʼ Οὔρειόν τε μελαγχαίτην τε Μίμαντα

All forms of ἄρκτος (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.