perseus

Latin · noun
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2025-10-07
Meanings
Literal translation
Perseus
Categories
star or constellation
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1. Perseus

1.a Perseus star or 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: November 5, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2017,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-05]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2025},
	title = {perseus ({Lemma} #2017)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2017/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2017/},
}