〈θερινός〉 therinos ‘of summer’
〈θέρος〉 theros ‘summer’
〈aestas〉 ‘summer’
〈circulus solstitialis〉 ‘tropic of Cancer’
〈autumnus〉 ‘of autumn’
aestivus
Latin adjective
Last edited: 2024-09-23| Primary meaning | of summer |
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| Literal translation | of summer |
| Variants | aestivus |
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of summer season
At temporibus aestivis super nostrum verticem fertur; itaque medio die excelsissimus terras rectiore aspicit linea quam ut ullis nubibus possit occurri; omnes enim sub se tunc habe nubibus possit occurri; omnes enim sub se tunc habet.
‘But in summertime the sun passes overhead. Thus, it is very high at midday and looks down on the earth in too vertical a line to be able to be met by any clouds. For the sun then has all the clouds beneath it.’
tropic of Cancer
alter ad extremi decurrens sidera Cancri, in quo consummat Phoebus lucemque moramque tardaque per longos circumfert lumina flexus, aestivum medio nomen sibi sumit ab aestu
‘Below it a second, touching the Crab’s extreme sign, wherein Phoebus completes the lingering of his light and slowly swings his rays through long curves, adopts from the heat of midsummer the name of summer tropic,’
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). aestivus (Lemma #1784). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1784/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). aestivus (Lemma #1784). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1784/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). aestivus (Lemma #1784). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1784/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) aestivus (Lemma #1784), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1784/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX
@misc{zodiac1784,
note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
year = {2024},
title = {aestivus ({Lemma} #1784)},
url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1784/},
howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1784/},
}