alvus

Latin noun

Last edited: 2024-11-11
Primary meaning curvature
Literal translation belly
Variants
alvus
Edited by
curvature

of the earth

neque enim circumvenit illum recta acies, mediaque tenus distenditur alvo.

‘for the direct line of vision does not encompass the sky, but extends only as far as the extremity of its bulge.’

— Manilius, Astronomica 3.376 f

Genre: astrological treatise

Manilius. Astronomica. Edited and translated by G. P. Goold. Loeb Classical Library 469. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1977. 190-191

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). alvus (Lemma #2364). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2364/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). alvus (Lemma #2364). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2364/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). alvus (Lemma #2364). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2364/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) alvus (Lemma #2364), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2364/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2364,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {alvus ({Lemma} #2364)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2364/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2364/},
}