axis

Latin noun

Last edited: 2024-11-11
Primary meaning axis
Literal translation axis
Variants
axis
Edited by
axis spatial concept

aera per gelidum tenuis deducitur axis libratumque regit diverso cardine mundum;

‘from there an insubstantial axis runs down through the wintry air and controls the universe, keeping it pivoted at opposite poles’

— Manilius, Astronomica 1.279f

Genre: astrological treatise

Manilius. Astronomica. Edited and translated by G. P. Goold. Loeb Classical Library 469. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1977. 26-27

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). axis (Lemma #2001). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2001/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). axis (Lemma #2001). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2001/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). axis (Lemma #2001). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2001/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) axis (Lemma #2001), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2001/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2001,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {axis ({Lemma} #2001)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2001/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2001/},
}