androclas

Latin noun
quoted from Greek

Last edited: 2023-12-01
Primary meaning the 63rd year
Literal translation man-breaking
Variants
androclas
Edited by
the 63rd year astrological concept

Hac ex causa ab Aegyptiis androclas dictus est, quod omnem viri substantiam frangat ac debilitet.

‘Therefore this year is called ἀνδροκλάς by the Egyptians, because it breaks and debilitates all substance of life.’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 4.20.3

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. 1.258

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). androclas (Lemma #1150). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1150/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). androclas (Lemma #1150). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1150/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). androclas (Lemma #1150). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1150/
Harvard
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@misc{zodiac1150,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {androclas ({Lemma} #1150)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1150/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1150/},
}