austrinus

Latin adjective

Last edited: 2024-11-11
Primary meaning southern
Literal translation of the south wind
Variants
austrinus
Edited by
southern cardinal direction

unus ab his superest extremo proximus axi circulus, austrinas qui stringit et obsidet Arctos.

‘it is the nearest to the distant pole and confines and beleaguers the southern Bears’

— Manilius, Astronomica 1.589 f

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. (2024). austrinus (Lemma #2040). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2040/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). austrinus (Lemma #2040). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2040/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). austrinus (Lemma #2040). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2040/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) austrinus (Lemma #2040), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2040/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2040,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {austrinus ({Lemma} #2040)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2040/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2040/},
}