engonasin

Latin noun
quoted from Greek

Last edited: 2024-09-23
Primary meaning the Kneeling one
Literal translation on knees
Variants
engonasin
Edited by
the Kneeling one constellation

modern Hercules

In extremis partibus Piscium oritur Ingeniculus qui a Graecis Engonasin dicitur.

‘In the last degrees of Pisces rises the Kneeling one who is called ἐν γόνασιν [i.e. on knees] by the Greeks.’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 8.17.4

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. 2.312

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). engonasin (Lemma #1496). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1496/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). engonasin (Lemma #1496). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1496/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). engonasin (Lemma #1496). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1496/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) engonasin (Lemma #1496), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1496/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1496,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {engonasin ({Lemma} #1496)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1496/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1496/},
}