aequans

Latin adjective

Last edited: 2024-11-25
Primary meaning equinoctial
Literal translation equating
Variants
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equinoctial astrological concept, zodiac sign quality

the signs Aries and Libra

Proxima in effectum et similis referentia motus esse ferunt luces aequantia signa tenebris.

‘Close to these in their influence and displaying variation similar to each other are, they say, the signs which level the hours of light and darkness.’

— Manilius, Astronomica 3.644 f

Genre: astrological treatise

Manilius. Astronomica. Edited and translated by G. P. Goold. Loeb Classical Library 469. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1977. 214-215

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). aequans (Lemma #2405). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2405/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). aequans (Lemma #2405). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2405/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). aequans (Lemma #2405). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2405/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) aequans (Lemma #2405), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2405/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2405,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {aequans ({Lemma} #2405)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2405/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2405/},
}