laevus

Latin adjective

Last edited: 2024-11-03
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laevus
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left expression of relative position

Libram Capricornus et illum conspicit ante Aries atque ipsum a partibus aequis Cancer et hunc laeva subeuntis sidera Librae. semper enim in dextris censentur signa priora.

‘Capricorn views Libra, whilst the Ram sees Capricorn ahead and is in turn beheld at an equal distance by the Crab; and the Crab is perceived by Libra’s stars as it follows on the left: for preceding signs are reckoned as right signs.’

— Manilius, Astronomica 2.290 ff

Genre: astrological treatise

Manilius. Astronomica. Edited and translated by G. P. Goold. Loeb Classical Library 469. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1977. 104-105

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). laevus (Lemma #2101). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2101/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). laevus (Lemma #2101). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2101/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). laevus (Lemma #2101). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2101/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) laevus (Lemma #2101), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2101/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2101,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {laevus ({Lemma} #2101)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2101/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2101/},
}