os lupi

Latin noun

Last edited: 2023-12-12
Primary meaning mouth of the Wolf
Literal translation mouth of the wolf
Variants
os lupi
lupi os
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mouth of the Wolf animal part

In ore Lupi quicumque habuerit horoscopum, erit saltator

‘Whoever has the ascendant in the mouth of the Wolf will be a dancer.’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 8.29.13

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. 2.351


Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). os lupi (Lemma #1525). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1525/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). os lupi (Lemma #1525). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1525/

MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). os lupi (Lemma #1525). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1525/

Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) os lupi (Lemma #1525), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1525/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac1525,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {os lupi ({Lemma} #1525)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1525/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1525/},
}