fraudatus

Latin · adjective
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2026-10-14
Meanings
Literal translation
deformed
Categories
astrological
zodiac sign quality

1. deformed

1.a deformed astrological, zodiac sign quality

i.e. missing limbs: the signs Taurus, Scorpio, Cancer, Sagittarius

Quod si sollerti circumspicis omnia cura, fraudata invenies amissis sidera membris. Scorpios in Libra consumit bracchia, Taurus succidit incurvo claudus pede, lumina Cancro desunt, Centauro superest et quaeritur unum.

‘Now if you examine all the signs with keen attention, you will find some bereft of limbs which are lost. The Scorpion expends its arms on the Scales, the Bull sinks lame with leg doubled under it, the Crab lacks eyes, whilst of the Centaur’s one survives and one is missing.’

— Manilius, Astronomica 2.256 ff

Genre: astrological treatise

Manilius. Astronomica. Edited and translated by G. P. Goold. Loeb Classical Library 469. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1977. 102-103

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2026). fraudatus (Lemma #2092). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2092/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2026). fraudatus (Lemma #2092). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2092/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2026). fraudatus (Lemma #2092). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2092/
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BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2092,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-05]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2026},
	title = {fraudatus ({Lemma} #2092)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2092/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2092/},
}