andromeda

Latin noun
loaned from Greek

Last edited: 2024-10-28
Primary meaning Andromeda
Literal translation Andromeda
Variants
andromeda
Edited by
Andromeda constellation

Si Iuppiter <in iis Piscium partibus> fuerit, in quibus est Andromeda constituta [...]

‘If Jupiter stands in those degrees of Pisces in which Andromeda is located [...]’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 6.31.59

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. 2.164

In Piscium parte XII. oritur Andromeda.

‘At 12° Pisces rises Andromeda.’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 8.17.1

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. 2.312

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). andromeda (Lemma #1361). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1361/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). andromeda (Lemma #1361). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1361/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). andromeda (Lemma #1361). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1361/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) andromeda (Lemma #1361), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1361/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1361,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {andromeda ({Lemma} #1361)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1361/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1361/},
}