fratres

Latin · noun
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2026-10-14
Meanings
Literal translation
brothers
Categories
zodiac sign
Related Lemmata 8 ›

1. Gemini

1.a Gemini zodiac sign

poetic

ut, quos subsequitur Cancer per sidera fratres, e geminis alter florentia tempora veris sufficit, aestatem sitientem provehit alter;

‘Just as one of the twin brothers followed by the Crab round the zodiac imparts blossoming springtime, so the other brings on thirsting summer;’

— Manilius, Astronomica 2.181 ff

Genre: astrological treatise

Manilius. Astronomica. Edited and translated by G. P. Goold. Loeb Classical Library 469. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1977. 96-97

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2026). fratres (Lemma #2079). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2079/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2026). fratres (Lemma #2079). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2079/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2026). fratres (Lemma #2079). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2079/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2026) fratres (Lemma #2079), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2079/ (Accessed: November 5, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2079,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-05]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2026},
	title = {fratres ({Lemma} #2079)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2079/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2079/},
}