femineus

Latin · adjective
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2025-02-03
Meanings
Literal translation
female
Categories
astrological concept
zodiac sign quality
Related Lemmata 4 ›

1. feminine

1.a 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: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2110,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2025},
	title = {femineus ({Lemma} #2110)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2110/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2110/},
}