ales iovis

Latin noun

Last edited: 2024-11-11
Primary meaning the Eagle
Literal translation Jupiter's bird
Variants
ales iovis
iovis ales
Edited by
the Eagle constellation

tum magni Iovis ales fertur in altum

‘Then soars to the heights the bird of mighty Jupiter’

— Manilius, Astronomica 1.343

Genre: astrological treatise

Manilius. Astronomica. Edited and translated by G. P. Goold. Loeb Classical Library 469. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1977. 30-31

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). ales iovis (Lemma #2013). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2013/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). ales iovis (Lemma #2013). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2013/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). ales iovis (Lemma #2013). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2013/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) ales iovis (Lemma #2013), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2013/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2013,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {ales iovis ({Lemma} #2013)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2013/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2013/},
}