auribus tendo

Latin verb

Last edited: 2024-11-11
Primary meaning to hear
Literal translation to stretch the ears
Variants
auribus tendo
tendo auribus
Edited by
to hear astrological concept

relation between zodiac signs

Cancer et adverso Capricornus conditus astro in semet vertunt oculos, in mutua tendunt auribus, et Cancri captatur Aquarius astu.

‘The Crab and the Sea-goat’s sign placed opposite turn their eyes upon themselves, at one another strain with their ears, whilst the Waterman is taken in by the wiles of the Crab.’

— Manilius, Astronomica 2.494 ff

Genre: astrological treatise

Manilius. Astronomica. Edited and translated by G. P. Goold. Loeb Classical Library 469. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1977. 120-121

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). auribus tendo (Lemma #2144). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2144/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). auribus tendo (Lemma #2144). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2144/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). auribus tendo (Lemma #2144). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2144/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) auribus tendo (Lemma #2144), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2144/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2144,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {auribus tendo ({Lemma} #2144)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2144/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2144/},
}