aquarius minor

Latin · noun
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2024-11-11
Meanings
Literal translation
lesser water-carrier
Categories
constellation

1. the Small Waterbearer

1.a 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: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1713,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {aquarius minor ({Lemma} #1713)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1713/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1713/},
}