arctus

== Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈark.tʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈark.tus] === Noun === arctus m (genitive arctī); second declension alternative spelling of Arctus used as a specific epithet, meaning bear or bear-like, or northern ==== Inflection ==== Second-declension noun. === Adjective === arctus (feminine arcta, neuter arctum, comparative arctior, superlative arctissimus, adverb arctē); first/second-declension adjective misspelling of artus === References === “arctus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “arctus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “arctus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.