cauda

Latin noun

Last edited: 2024-11-11
Primary meaning tail
Literal translation tail
Variants
cauda
Edited by
tail animal part

utraque caudam vergit in alterius rostro sequiturque sequentem.

‘each [bear] with its muzzle points at the other’s tail and follows one that follows it.’

— Manilius, Astronomica 1.303 f

Genre: astrological treatise

Manilius. Astronomica. Edited and translated by G. P. Goold. Loeb Classical Library 469. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1977. 28-29

Scorpios extremae cum tollet lumina caudae [...]

‘When the Scorpion uplifts the stars which shine at the end of its tail [...]’

— Manilius, Astronomica 4.553

Genre: astrological treatise

Manilius. Astronomica. Edited and translated by G. P. Goold. Loeb Classical Library 469. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1977. 266-267

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). cauda (Lemma #2006). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2006/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). cauda (Lemma #2006). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2006/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). cauda (Lemma #2006). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2006/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) cauda (Lemma #2006), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2006/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2006,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {cauda ({Lemma} #2006)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2006/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2006/},
}