ferinus

Latin adjective

Last edited: 2024-10-17
Primary meaning animalic
Literal translation belonging to wild animals
Variants
ferinus
Edited by
animalic astrological concept, zodiac sign quality

signs such as Taurus, Cancer, Scorpio, Capricorn, Pisces, Leo (?)

Si vero in ferinis signis constituti ista se radiatione respexerint, ex feris vel bestiis vel ex venenatis serpentium morsibus maximi periculi conparatur exitium.

‘If they aspect each other in that way while in animal signs, a most dangerous death comes about through wild animals or bites of venomous snakes’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 6.15.21

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. 2.106

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). ferinus (Lemma #1325). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1325/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). ferinus (Lemma #1325). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1325/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). ferinus (Lemma #1325). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1325/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) ferinus (Lemma #1325), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1325/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1325,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {ferinus ({Lemma} #1325)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1325/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1325/},
}