ara

Latin noun

Last edited: 2025-01-31
Primary meaning the Altar
Literal translation altar
Variants
ara
Edited by
the Altar constellation

modern Ara

In I. Scorpii parte oritur Ara.

‘At 1° Scorpio rises the Altar.’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 8.13.1

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. 2.307

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). ara (Lemma #1483). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1483/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). ara (Lemma #1483). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1483/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). ara (Lemma #1483). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1483/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2025) ara (Lemma #1483), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1483/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1483,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2025},
	title = {ara ({Lemma} #1483)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1483/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1483/},
}