iugulae

Latin noun

Last edited: 2025-01-31
Primary meaning the Belt
Literal translation collar-bone
Variants
iugulae
Edited by
the Belt constellation

δ, ε, ζ Orionis

In I. parte Cancri oriuntur lugulae.

‘At 1° Cancer rises the Belt.’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 8.9.1

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. 2.301

Nunc Cancro vicina canam, cui parte sinistra consurgunt Iugulae.

‘Next shall I sing of the neighbours of the Crab. On its left rise the stars of the Belt.’

— Manilius, Astronomica 5.174 f

Genre: astrological treatise

Manilius. Astronomica. Edited and translated by G. P. Goold. Loeb Classical Library 469. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1977. 314-315

"The word ought to signify collar-bone, and so (but in the singular) Varro, De Ling. Lat. 7. 50, interprets it: there is, however, no star or group of stars between Orion’s shoulders (α and γ) which can plausibly be so designated." (Goold 1977: 314)
Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). iugulae (Lemma #1473). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1473/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). iugulae (Lemma #1473). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1473/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). iugulae (Lemma #1473). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1473/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2025) iugulae (Lemma #1473), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1473/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1473,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2025},
	title = {iugulae ({Lemma} #1473)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1473/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1473/},
}