aquosus

Latin · adjective
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2024-09-23
Meanings
Literal translation
watery
Categories
astrological concept
zodiac sign quality
Related Lemmata 1 ›

1. watery

1.a watery astrological concept, zodiac sign quality

the signs Cancer, Scorpius, Pisces

iu aquosis constitutus naufragio submergit;

‘in watery signs he perishes in a boat;’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 3.4.20

Genre: astrological compendium Provenance: Sicily Date: ca. 334 CE

Firmicus Maternus. 1897. Ivlii Firmici Materni Matheseos Libri VIII, ed. W. Kroll, F. Skutsch. Stuttgart: B. G. Teubner. 1.120

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). aquosus (Lemma #1069). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1069/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). aquosus (Lemma #1069). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1069/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). aquosus (Lemma #1069). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1069/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) aquosus (Lemma #1069), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1069/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1069,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {aquosus ({Lemma} #1069)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1069/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1069/},
}