cynocefalus

Latin noun
loaned from Greek

Last edited: 2024-07-01
Primary meaning the Dog-headed one
Literal translation dog-headed
Variants
cynocefalus
Edited by
the Dog-headed one constellation

In Cynocefalo qui nati fuerint, erunt frenetici valitudinarii sine filiis oligochronii.

‘The ones who are born in the Dog-headed one will be frantic, sickly, without children and short-lived.’

— 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

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). cynocefalus (Lemma #1527). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1527/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). cynocefalus (Lemma #1527). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1527/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). cynocefalus (Lemma #1527). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1527/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) cynocefalus (Lemma #1527), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1527/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1527,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {cynocefalus ({Lemma} #1527)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1527/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1527/},
}