iura

Latin noun

Last edited: 2024-11-04
Primary meaning decanship
Literal translation rights
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iura
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decanship astrological concept

fontibus aeternis gaudens urnaque fluenti iura sui Librae permittit prima regenda

‘He that rejoices in the never-ending stream that pours from his urn transfers control of the first rights over himself to the Balance’

— Manilius, Astronomica 4.354 f

Genre: astrological treatise

Manilius. Astronomica. Edited and translated by G. P. Goold. Loeb Classical Library 469. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1977. 248-249

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). iura (Lemma #2432). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2432/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). iura (Lemma #2432). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2432/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). iura (Lemma #2432). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2432/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) iura (Lemma #2432), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2432/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2432,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {iura ({Lemma} #2432)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2432/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2432/},
}