cepheus

Latin noun
loaned from Greek

Last edited: 2023-12-12
Primary meaning Cepheus
Literal translation Cepheus
Variants
cepheus
Edited by
Cepheus constellation

In XV. parte Capricorni oritur Cepheus.

‘At 15° Capricorn rises Cepheus.’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 8.15.4

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. 2.310

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). cepheus (Lemma #1490). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1490/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). cepheus (Lemma #1490). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1490/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). cepheus (Lemma #1490). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1490/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) cepheus (Lemma #1490), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1490/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1490,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {cepheus ({Lemma} #1490)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1490/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1490/},
}