belua

Latin noun

Last edited: 2023-12-01
Primary meaning the Sea monster
Literal translation monster
Variants
belua
Edited by
the Sea monster constellation

In extremis partibus Piscium in laeva parte consurgit Belua quae a Graecis Cetus vocatur.

‘In the last degrees of Pisces on the left side rises the Sea monster which is called κῆτος by the Greeks.’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 8.17.5

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. 2.313

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). belua (Lemma #1497). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1497/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). belua (Lemma #1497). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1497/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). belua (Lemma #1497). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1497/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) belua (Lemma #1497), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1497/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1497,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {belua ({Lemma} #1497)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1497/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1497/},
}