perseus

Latin noun
loaned from Greek

Last edited: 2025-10-07
Primary meaning Perseus
Literal translation Perseus
Variants
perseus
Edited by
Perseus constellation

ni veterem Perseus caelo quoque servet amorem

‘did not Perseus even in heaven maintain his former love and come with timely aid’

— Manilius, Astronomica 1.358

Genre: astrological treatise

Manilius. Astronomica. Edited and translated by G. P. Goold. Loeb Classical Library 469. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1977. 32-33

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). perseus (Lemma #2017). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2017/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). perseus (Lemma #2017). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2017/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). perseus (Lemma #2017). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2017/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2025) perseus (Lemma #2017), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2017/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2017,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2025},
	title = {perseus ({Lemma} #2017)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2017/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2017/},
}