sexus

Latin noun

Last edited: 2024-10-27
Primary meaning gender
Literal translation gender
Variants
sexus
Edited by
gender astrological concept, zodiac sign quality

of a zodiac sign

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. (2024). sexus (Lemma #2111). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2111/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). sexus (Lemma #2111). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2111/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). sexus (Lemma #2111). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2111/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) sexus (Lemma #2111), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2111/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2111,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {sexus ({Lemma} #2111)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2111/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2111/},
}