aquarius minor

Latin noun

Last edited: 2024-11-11
Primary meaning the Small Waterbearer
Literal translation lesser water-carrier
Variants
aquarius minor
Edited by
the Small Waterbearer constellation

Extra partes Sagittarii oritur Falcis Lupus Aquarius minor et Ara.

‘Outside the degrees of Sagittarius rises the Sickle, the Wolf, the Small Waterbearer and the Altar.’

— 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. (2024). aquarius minor (Lemma #1713). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1713/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). aquarius minor (Lemma #1713). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1713/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). aquarius minor (Lemma #1713). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1713/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) aquarius minor (Lemma #1713), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1713/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1713,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {aquarius minor ({Lemma} #1713)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1713/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1713/},
}