externus

Latin adjective

Last edited: 2024-07-29
Primary meaning not one's own
Literal translation external
Variants
externus
Edited by
not one's own astrological concept

of a place not assigned to a specific planet

aliena capessunt regna et in externis subsidunt hospita castris.

‘they occupy realms not their own and sojourn in an alien camp.’

— Manilius, Astronomica 2.963 f

Genre: astrological treatise

Manilius. Astronomica. Edited and translated by G. P. Goold. Loeb Classical Library 469. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1977. 158-159

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). externus (Lemma #2233). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2233/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). externus (Lemma #2233). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2233/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). externus (Lemma #2233). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2233/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) externus (Lemma #2233), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2233/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2233,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {externus ({Lemma} #2233)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2233/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2233/},
}