scorpio

Latin · noun
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2023-12-12
Meanings
Literal translation
scorpion
Categories
zodiac sign
Related Lemmata 8 ›

1. Scorpio

1.a Scorpio zodiac sign

In parte XVI. Scorpionis quicumque habuerint horoscopum, erunt pistores.

‘Whoever has the ascendant at 16° Scorpio will be a baker.’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 8.26.6

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. 2.336

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). scorpio (Lemma #1523). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1523/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). scorpio (Lemma #1523). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1523/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). scorpio (Lemma #1523). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1523/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) scorpio (Lemma #1523), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1523/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1523,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {scorpio ({Lemma} #1523)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1523/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1523/},
}