hydra

Latin noun
loaned from Greek

Last edited: 2024-09-23
Primary meaning the Water-snake
Literal translation water-snake
Variants
hydra
Edited by
the Water-snake constellation

modern Hydra

extremamque secans Hydram mediumque sub austris Centaurum adverso concurrit rursus in axe

‘[The equinoctial colure] cleaves the extremity of the Water-snake and the middle of the southern Centaur, and again converges upon the opposing circle at the pole;’

— Manilius, Astronomica 1.612 f

Genre: astrological treatise

Manilius. Astronomica. Edited and translated by G. P. Goold. Loeb Classical Library 469. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1977. 52-53

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). hydra (Lemma #2240). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2240/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). hydra (Lemma #2240). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2240/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). hydra (Lemma #2240). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2240/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) hydra (Lemma #2240), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2240/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2240,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {hydra ({Lemma} #2240)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2240/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2240/},
}