cantharus aquarii

Latin noun

Last edited: 2024-06-10
Primary meaning the jug of the Waterbearer
Literal translation jug of the waterbearer
Variants
cantharus aquarii
aquarii cantharus
Edited by
the jug of the Waterbearer animal part

28°–30° Aquarius

postremas vero tres in cantharo Aquarii invenimus.

‘the last three [degrees] we find in the jug of Aquarius’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 8.4.11

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. 2.292

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). cantharus aquarii (Lemma #1678). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1678/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). cantharus aquarii (Lemma #1678). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1678/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). cantharus aquarii (Lemma #1678). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1678/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) cantharus aquarii (Lemma #1678), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1678/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
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@misc{zodiac1678,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {cantharus aquarii ({Lemma} #1678)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1678/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1678/},
}