angustus

Latin · adjective
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2026-10-14
Meanings
Literal translation
cramped
Categories
spatial

1. occupying less than thirty degrees

1.a occupying less than thirty degrees spatial

of a constellation

tum venit angusto Capricornus sidere flexus

‘Next comes Capricorn, curled up within his cramped asterism’

— Manilius, Astronomica 1.271

Genre: astrological treatise

Manilius. Astronomica. Edited and translated by G. P. Goold. Loeb Classical Library 469. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1977. 24-25

Capricorn does not completely fill up thirty degrees. (footnote Goold 1977)
Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2026). angustus (Lemma #1995). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1995/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2026). angustus (Lemma #1995). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1995/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2026). angustus (Lemma #1995). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1995/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2026) angustus (Lemma #1995), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1995/ (Accessed: November 5, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1995,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-05]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2026},
	title = {angustus ({Lemma} #1995)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1995/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1995/},
}