cetus

Latin noun
loaned from Greek

Last edited: 2024-09-23
Primary meaning the Sea monster
Literal translation sea monster
Variants
cetus
cetos Manilius 1.433, 5.15
Edited by
the Sea monster constellation

modern Cetus

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. (2024). cetus (Lemma #1498). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1498/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). cetus (Lemma #1498). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1498/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). cetus (Lemma #1498). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1498/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) cetus (Lemma #1498), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1498/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1498,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {cetus ({Lemma} #1498)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1498/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1498/},
}