lupus

Latin · noun
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2023-12-12
Meanings
Literal translation
wolf
Categories
constellation
animal
Related Lemmata 3 ›

1. the Wolf

1.a the Wolf constellation, animal

In ipso Lupo quicumque habuerint horoscopum, erunt fraudulenti fures crudeles homicidae

‘Whoever has the ascendant in the Wolf itself will be fraudulent, a thief, cruel and a killer’

— 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). lupus (Lemma #1533). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1533/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). lupus (Lemma #1533). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1533/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). lupus (Lemma #1533). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1533/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) lupus (Lemma #1533), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1533/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1533,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {lupus ({Lemma} #1533)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1533/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1533/},
}