munus

Latin noun

Last edited: 2024-11-11
Primary meaning gift
Literal translation gift
Variants
munus
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gift astrological concept

of lifetime bestowed by a zodiac sign

Scorpios aequabit tribuentem dona Leonem. Centauri fuerint eadem quae munera Cancri.

‘Scorpion will equal the Lion’s bounty of gifts. The award of the Centaur will be the same as the Crab’s.’

— Manilius, Astronomica 3.574 f

Genre: astrological treatise

Manilius. Astronomica. Edited and translated by G. P. Goold. Loeb Classical Library 469. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1977. 210-211

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). munus (Lemma #2394). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2394/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). munus (Lemma #2394). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2394/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). munus (Lemma #2394). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2394/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) munus (Lemma #2394), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2394/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2394,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {munus ({Lemma} #2394)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2394/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2394/},
}