aurem duco

Latin verb

Last edited: 2024-11-11
Primary meaning to be heard
Literal translation to lead the ear
Variants
aurem duco
duco aurem
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to be heard astrological concept

relation between two zodiac signs

Geminorum ducitur auris ad iuvenem aeternas fundentem Piscibus undas inque ipsos animus Pisces oculique Leonem.

‘The hearing of the Twins is drawn to the youth who pours for the Fishes a never-ending stream, their hearts to the Fishes themselves, and their eyes to the Lion.’

— Manilius, Astronomica 2.491 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

Here constructed in passive: to hear means that one's ear is lead by someone.
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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). aurem duco (Lemma #2145). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2145/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). aurem duco (Lemma #2145). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2145/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). aurem duco (Lemma #2145). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2145/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) aurem duco (Lemma #2145), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2145/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2145,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {aurem duco ({Lemma} #2145)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2145/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2145/},
}