procyon

Latin noun
loaned from Greek

Last edited: 2024-09-23
Primary meaning the Fore-dog
Literal translation fore-dog
Variants
procyon
Edited by
the Fore-dog constellation

probably modern Canis minor

In Cancri parte ΧΧ<VII>. oritur Procyon.

‘At 27° Cancer rises the Fore-dog.’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 8.9.3

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. 2.302

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). procyon (Lemma #1474). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1474/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). procyon (Lemma #1474). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1474/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). procyon (Lemma #1474). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1474/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) procyon (Lemma #1474), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1474/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1474,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {procyon ({Lemma} #1474)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1474/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1474/},
}