Middle English Dictionary Entry
artophilax n.
Entry Info
| Forms | artophilax n. |
| Etymology | ML ar(c)tophylax, from Gr. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
The constellation Boötes; cp. bere-ward.
Associated quotations
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)118a/a : Artophilax..folewiþ a signe þat hatte vrsa. Olde men clepid..[it] somtyme boetem.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.693 : The cercle Artofilax.
- (1449) Metham AC (Gar 141)539 : Artophylax stondyng redy for to fyght In the deffens off Arcton.