chelae

Latin noun
loaned from Greek

Last edited: 2024-11-25
Primary meaning Libra
Literal translation claws
Variants
chelae
Edited by
Libra zodiac sign

et iuga Chelarum medio volitantia gyro

‘and the yoke of the Balance which revolves in the midmost circle’

— Manilius, Astronomica 1.611

Genre: astrological treatise

Manilius. Astronomica. Edited and translated by G. P. Goold. Loeb Classical Library 469. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1977. 52-53

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). chelae (Lemma #2042). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2042/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). chelae (Lemma #2042). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2042/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). chelae (Lemma #2042). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2042/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) chelae (Lemma #2042), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2042/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2042,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {chelae ({Lemma} #2042)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2042/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2042/},
}