signum brumale

Latin · noun
variant brumale signum
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2024-09-23
Meanings
Literal translation
winter-solstice sign
Categories
astrological concept
zodiac sign quality
Related Lemmata 1 ›

1. winter sign

1.a 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: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2357,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {signum brumale ({Lemma} #2357)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2357/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2357/},
}