falx

Latin noun

Last edited: 2023-12-12
Primary meaning the Sickle
Literal translation sickle
Variants
falx
Edited by
the Sickle 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/
Harvard
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: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1531,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {falx ({Lemma} #1531)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1531/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1531/},
}