vulpes

Latin noun

Last edited: 2024-06-03
Primary meaning the Fox
Literal translation fox
Variants
vulpes
Edited by
the Fox

In Vulpe qui nati fuerint, erunt callidi fraudulenti circumscriptores cordatissimi

‘Whoever is born in the Fox will be clever, fraudulent, deceptive and most wise’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 8.26.15

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. 2.339

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). vulpes (Lemma #1526). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1526/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). vulpes (Lemma #1526). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1526/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). vulpes (Lemma #1526). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1526/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) vulpes (Lemma #1526), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1526/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1526,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {vulpes ({Lemma} #1526)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1526/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1526/},
}