nemeaeus

Latin noun

Last edited: 2024-09-02
Primary meaning Leo
Literal translation one from Nemea
Variants
nĕmĕa͞eŭs before trochaic caesura
nĕmĕēĭŭs after hephthemimeral caesura
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Leo zodiac sign

poetic

at quos aeternis perfundit Aquarius undis, in pugnam Nemeaeus agit totumque trigonum, turba sub unius fugiens virtute ferarum.

‘But those poured forth by the Waterman with his ever-flowing stream are provoked to battle by the Nemean and all his trigon, a host of beasts that flees before the manhood of one.’

— Manilius, Astronomica 2.564 ff

Genre: astrological treatise

Manilius. Astronomica. Edited and translated by G. P. Goold. Loeb Classical Library 469. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1977. 126-127

has inter quasque accipiet Nemeeius horas quod discrimen erit, per tris id divide partes

‘Divide the difference between these hours and those received by the Nemean into three parts’

— Manilius, Astronomica 3.404 f

Genre: astrological treatise

Manilius. Astronomica. Edited and translated by G. P. Goold. Loeb Classical Library 469. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1977. 194-195

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). nemeaeus (Lemma #2133). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2133/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). nemeaeus (Lemma #2133). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2133/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). nemeaeus (Lemma #2133). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2133/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) nemeaeus (Lemma #2133), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2133/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2133,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {nemeaeus ({Lemma} #2133)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2133/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2133/},
}