signum brumale

Latin noun

Last edited: 2024-09-23
Primary meaning winter sign
Literal translation winter-solstice sign
Variants
signum brumale
brumale signum
Edited by
winter sign astrological concept, zodiac sign quality

Sagittarius and Capricorn

tam magis effugiunt oculos brumalia signa, vixque ortis occasus erit.

‘so much the more do the winter signs recede from sight, and they have scarcely risen when they set.’

— Manilius, Astronomica 3.345 f

Genre: astrological treatise

Manilius. Astronomica. Edited and translated by G. P. Goold. Loeb Classical Library 469. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1977. 188-189

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). signum brumale (Lemma #2357). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2357/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). signum brumale (Lemma #2357). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2357/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). signum brumale (Lemma #2357). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2357/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) signum brumale (Lemma #2357), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2357/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2357,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {signum brumale ({Lemma} #2357)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2357/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2357/},
}