femineus

Latin adjective

Last edited: 2025-02-03
Primary meaning feminine
Literal translation female
Variants
femineus
Edited by
feminine astrological concept, zodiac sign quality

property of zodiac signs

mascula sed maribus respondent, cetera sexus feminei secum iungunt commercia mundi

‘masculine respond to male, whilst the remainder are of female sex and form among themselves a heavenly fellowship.’

— Manilius, Astronomica 2.381 f

Genre: astrological treatise

Manilius. Astronomica. Edited and translated by G. P. Goold. Loeb Classical Library 469. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1977. 112-113

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). femineus (Lemma #2110). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2110/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). femineus (Lemma #2110). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2110/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). femineus (Lemma #2110). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2110/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2025) femineus (Lemma #2110), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2110/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2110,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2025},
	title = {femineus ({Lemma} #2110)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2110/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2110/},
}