equus

Latin noun

Last edited: 2024-09-23
Primary meaning the Horse
Literal translation horse
Variants
equus
equus aerius Manilius 5.633
Edited by
the Horse constellation

presumably the modern Pegasus

In Piscium parte XXI oritur Equus.

‘At 21° Pisces rises the Horse.’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 8.17.3

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. 2.312

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). equus (Lemma #1494). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1494/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). equus (Lemma #1494). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1494/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). equus (Lemma #1494). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1494/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) equus (Lemma #1494), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1494/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1494,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {equus ({Lemma} #1494)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1494/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1494/},
}