autumnus

Latin adjective

Last edited: 2024-11-11
Primary meaning of autumn
Literal translation of autumn
Variants
autumnus
Edited by
of autumn season, time interval

quattuor in partes scribuntur sidera terna; hiberna aestivis, autumni verna repugnant.

‘The four divisions of the year are each allotted three signs; winter’s are at war with summer’s, the vernal with those of autumn.’

— Manilius, Astronomica 2.268 f

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. (2024). autumnus (Lemma #2094). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2094/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). autumnus (Lemma #2094). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2094/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). autumnus (Lemma #2094). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2094/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) autumnus (Lemma #2094), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2094/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2094,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {autumnus ({Lemma} #2094)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2094/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2094/},
}