aestus

Latin · noun
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2026-10-14
Meanings
Literal translation
heat
Categories
annual phenomenon
Related Lemmata 2 ›

1. summer solstice

1.a summer solstice annual phenomenon

quattuor et gradibus sua fila reducit ab aestu.

‘this circle withdraws its track four degrees away from that of the summer solstice.’

— Manilius, Astronomica 1.581

Genre: astrological treatise

Manilius. Astronomica. Edited and translated by G. P. Goold. Loeb Classical Library 469. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1977. 50-51

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2026). aestus (Lemma #2035). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2035/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2026). aestus (Lemma #2035). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2035/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2026). aestus (Lemma #2035). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2035/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2026) aestus (Lemma #2035), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2035/ (Accessed: November 5, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2035,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-05]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2026},
	title = {aestus ({Lemma} #2035)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2035/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2035/},
}