autumnalis

Latin · adjective
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2024-11-11
Meanings
Literal translation
autumnal
Categories
season
temporal expression
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1. autumnal

1.a autumnal season, temporal expression

Aristoteles ait post autumnale aequinoctium qualibet hora diei arcum fieri; aestate non fieri, nisi aut incipiente aut inclinato die.

‘Aristotle says that after the autumnal equinox a6 rainbow occurs at any hour of the day; in the summer it does not occur except at the beginning or end of the day.’

— Seneca, Natural Questions 1.8.6

Genre: philosophy Date: 62/63 CE

Seneca. Natural Questions, Volume I: Books 1-3. Translated by Thomas H. Corcoran. Loeb Classical Library 450. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1971. 64-65

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). autumnalis (Lemma #1783). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1783/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). autumnalis (Lemma #1783). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1783/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). autumnalis (Lemma #1783). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1783/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) autumnalis (Lemma #1783), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1783/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1783,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {autumnalis ({Lemma} #1783)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1783/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1783/},
}