aetherius

Latin adjective

Last edited: 2025-10-07
Primary meaning heavenly
Literal translation ethereal
Variants
aetherius
Edited by
heavenly

sidereus circa medium quem volvitur orbis aetheriosque rotat cursus

‘it forms the middle about which the starry sphere revolves and wheels its heavenly flight’

— Manilius, Astronomica 1.281 f

Genre: astrological treatise

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

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). aetherius (Lemma #2003). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2003/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). aetherius (Lemma #2003). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2003/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). aetherius (Lemma #2003). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2003/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2025) aetherius (Lemma #2003), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2003/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2003,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2025},
	title = {aetherius ({Lemma} #2003)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2003/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2003/},
}