sextus

Latin adjective

Last edited: 2024-11-03
Primary meaning separated by four signs
Literal translation sixth
Variants
sextus
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separated by four signs astrological concept, expression of relative position, aspect

of a pair of zodiac signs

Sexta quoque in nullas numerantur commoda vires, virgula per totum quod par non ducitur orbem sed duo signa ferit mediis summota quaternis, tertius absumpto ductus non sufficit orbe.

‘Sixth signs [i.e. signs separated by four signs], as well, are not reckoned as capable of any influence, because their line is not traced through the whole circle in equal lengths, but strikes two signs with four intervening, whilst a third side does not fit in since the circle is exhausted.’

— Manilius, Astronomica 2.391 ff

Genre: astrological treatise

Manilius. Astronomica. Edited and translated by G. P. Goold. Loeb Classical Library 469. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1977. 112-115

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). sextus (Lemma #2115). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2115/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). sextus (Lemma #2115). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2115/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). sextus (Lemma #2115). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2115/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) sextus (Lemma #2115), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2115/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2115,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {sextus ({Lemma} #2115)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2115/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2115/},
}