falx

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

1. the Sickle

1.a 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: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1531,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {falx ({Lemma} #1531)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1531/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1531/},
}