amicus

Latin adjective

Last edited: 2024-11-11
Primary meaning friendly
Literal translation friendly
Variants
amicus
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friendly astrological concept

crebrius adversis odium est, cognata quadratis corpora censentur signis et amica trigonis.

‘Between opposite signs exists mostly hatred; and to quadrate signs are mostly ascribed ties of kinship, ties of friendship to trigonal signs.’

— Manilius, Astronomica 2.652 f

Genre: astrological treatise

Manilius. Astronomica. Edited and translated by G. P. Goold. Loeb Classical Library 469. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1977. 132-133

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). amicus (Lemma #2305). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2305/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). amicus (Lemma #2305). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2305/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). amicus (Lemma #2305). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2305/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) amicus (Lemma #2305), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2305/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2305,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {amicus ({Lemma} #2305)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2305/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2305/},
}