falx

Latin · noun
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2023-12-12
Meanings
Literal translation
sickle
Categories
star or constellation
Related Lemmata 1 ›

1. the Sickle

1.a the Sickle star or constellation

In Falce quicumque habuerit horoscopum, erit arator qui campos colens multas frumentorum copias colligat.

‘Whoever has the ascendant in the Sickle will be a farmer who works the fields and collects large amounts of grain.’

— 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

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). falx (Lemma #1531). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1531/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). falx (Lemma #1531). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1531/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). falx (Lemma #1531). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1531/
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Meinhardt, K. (2023) falx (Lemma #1531), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1531/ (Accessed: November 5, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1531,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-05]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {falx ({Lemma} #1531)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1531/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1531/},
}