cygnus

Latin noun
loaned from Greek

Last edited: 2024-09-23
Primary meaning the Swan
Literal translation swan
Variants
cygnus
cycnus e.g. Manilius, Astronomica 1.337
Edited by
the Swan constellation

modern Cygnus

In Sagittarii parte X. oritur Cygnus.

‘At 10° Sagittarius rises the Swan.’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 8.14.3

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. 2.309

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). cygnus (Lemma #1486). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1486/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). cygnus (Lemma #1486). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1486/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). cygnus (Lemma #1486). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1486/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) cygnus (Lemma #1486), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1486/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1486,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {cygnus ({Lemma} #1486)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1486/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1486/},
}