canis

Latin noun

Last edited: 2023-12-12
Primary meaning the Dog
Literal translation dog
Variants
canis
Edited by
the Dog constellation

In dextra parte Sagittarii oritur navis Argo, in sinistra Canis.

‘In the right part of Sagittarius rises the ship Argo, in the left part the Dog.’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 8.27.12

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. 2.343

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). canis (Lemma #1530). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1530/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). canis (Lemma #1530). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1530/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). canis (Lemma #1530). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1530/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) canis (Lemma #1530), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1530/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1530,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {canis ({Lemma} #1530)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1530/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1530/},
}