lupus

Latin noun

Last edited: 2023-12-12
Primary meaning the Wolf
Literal translation wolf
Variants
lupus
Edited by
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

Cite this entry
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: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1533,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {lupus ({Lemma} #1533)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1533/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1533/},
}