vaga

Latin noun

Last edited: 2024-07-15
Primary meaning planet
Literal translation wandering
Variants
vaga
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planet celestial object

Nec satis hoc, tantum solis insistere signis: contemplare locum caeli sedemque vagarum.

‘Nor is it enough merely to consider the signs in isolation: you must observe their place in heaven and the position of the planets.’

— Manilius, Astronomica 2.643 f

Genre: astrological treatise

Manilius. Astronomica. Edited and translated by G. P. Goold. Loeb Classical Library 469. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1977. 132-133

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). vaga (Lemma #2120). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2120/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). vaga (Lemma #2120). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2120/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). vaga (Lemma #2120). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2120/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) vaga (Lemma #2120), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2120/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2120,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {vaga ({Lemma} #2120)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2120/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2120/},
}