cratera

Latin noun
loaned from Greek

Last edited: 2024-04-02
Primary meaning the Mixing-bowl
Literal translation mixing bowl
Variants
cratera
crater
Edited by
the Mixing-bowl constellation

In parte XXX. Leonis oritur Cratera.

‘At 30° Leo rises the Mixing-bowl.’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 8.10.6

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. 2.304

et Phoebo sacer ales et una gratus Iaccho Crater et duplici Centaurus imagine fulget

‘Then shines the bird that is sacred to Phoebus and with it the Bowl beloved of Bacchus and the Centaur of twofold form’

— Manilius, Astronomica 1.417 f

Genre: astrological treatise

Manilius. Astronomica. Edited and translated by G. P. Goold. Loeb Classical Library 469. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1977. 36-37

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). cratera (Lemma #1475). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1475/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). cratera (Lemma #1475). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1475/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). cratera (Lemma #1475). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1475/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) cratera (Lemma #1475), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1475/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1475,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {cratera ({Lemma} #1475)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1475/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1475/},
}