anguis

Latin noun

Last edited: 2025-01-31
Primary meaning the Snake
Literal translation snake
Variants
anguis
Edited by
the Snake constellation

modern Draco

Extremus est Anguis, qui inter duas Arctos positus in modum fluminis sinuosis flexibus labitur.

‘At the end lies the Snake which falls between the two Bears curved and bent in the way of a river.’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 8.17.7

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. 2.313-314

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). anguis (Lemma #1501). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1501/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). anguis (Lemma #1501). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1501/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). anguis (Lemma #1501). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1501/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2025) anguis (Lemma #1501), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1501/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1501,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2025},
	title = {anguis ({Lemma} #1501)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1501/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1501/},
}