auriga

Latin noun

Last edited: 2023-12-01
Primary meaning the Charioteer
Literal translation charioteer
Variants
auriga
Edited by
the Charioteer constellation

In Arietis parte XV. ad Aquilonem versus exoritur Auriga.

‘At 15° Aries turned to the north rises the Charioteer.’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 8.6.3

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. 2.296

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). auriga (Lemma #1463). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1463/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). auriga (Lemma #1463). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1463/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). auriga (Lemma #1463). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1463/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) auriga (Lemma #1463), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1463/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1463,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {auriga ({Lemma} #1463)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1463/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1463/},
}