lupus

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

1. the Wolf

1.a the Wolf star or 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: November 5, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1533,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-05]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {lupus ({Lemma} #1533)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1533/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1533/},
}