chelae

Latin · noun
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2024-11-25
Meanings
Literal translation
claws
Categories
zodiac sign
Related Lemmata 9 ›

1. Libra

1.a 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: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2042,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {chelae ({Lemma} #2042)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2042/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2042/},
}