ofiuchus

Latin noun
loaned from Greek

Last edited: 2025-10-07
Primary meaning the Serpent-holder
Literal translation serpent-holder
Variants
ofiuchus
Edited by
the Serpent-holder constellation

In primis partibus Capricorni oritur Ofiuchus.

‘In the first degrees of Capricorn rises the Serpent-holder.’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 8.15.1

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. 2.309

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). ofiuchus (Lemma #1487). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1487/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). ofiuchus (Lemma #1487). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1487/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). ofiuchus (Lemma #1487). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1487/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2025) ofiuchus (Lemma #1487), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1487/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1487,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2025},
	title = {ofiuchus ({Lemma} #1487)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1487/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1487/},
}