nepa

Latin noun

Last edited: 2024-11-03
Primary meaning Scorpio
Literal translation scorpion
Variants
nepa
Edited by
Scorpio zodiac sign

haerentisque decem partes Nepa vindicat ipsi

‘whilst the adjoining ten degrees are claimed by the Scorpion’

— Manilius, Astronomica 4.366

Genre: astrological treatise

Manilius. Astronomica. Edited and translated by G. P. Goold. Loeb Classical Library 469. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1977. 250-251

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). nepa (Lemma #2433). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2433/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). nepa (Lemma #2433). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2433/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). nepa (Lemma #2433). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2433/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) nepa (Lemma #2433), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2433/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2433,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {nepa ({Lemma} #2433)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2433/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2433/},
}