masculus

Latin adjective

Last edited: 2024-09-23
Primary meaning masculine
Literal translation masculine
Variants
masculus
Edited by
masculine astrological concept, zodiac sign quality

property of signs

nam mascula sex sunt, diversi totidem generis sub principe Tauro

‘For six are masculine, whilst as many, led by the Bull, are of the opposite sex’

— Manilius, Astronomica 2.151

Genre: astrological treatise

Manilius. Astronomica. Edited and translated by G. P. Goold. Loeb Classical Library 469. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1977. 94-95

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). masculus (Lemma #2060). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2060/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). masculus (Lemma #2060). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2060/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). masculus (Lemma #2060). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2060/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) masculus (Lemma #2060), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2060/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2060,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {masculus ({Lemma} #2060)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2060/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2060/},
}