species nixa genibus

Latin noun

Last edited: 2025-01-31
Primary meaning the Kneeling one
Literal translation a figure on bended knee
Variants
species nixa genibus
species nixa genu Manilius 5.645
Edited by
the Kneeling one constellation

nixa venit species genibus, sibi conscia causae.

‘Next [to the chill Bears and the frozen north] comes a figure on bended knee, the reason for whose posture is known to none but him.’

— Manilius, Astronomica 1.315

Genre: astrological treatise

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

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). species nixa genibus (Lemma #2009). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2009/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). species nixa genibus (Lemma #2009). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2009/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). species nixa genibus (Lemma #2009). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2009/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2025) species nixa genibus (Lemma #2009), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2009/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2009,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2025},
	title = {species nixa genibus ({Lemma} #2009)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2009/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2009/},
}