textus

Latin noun

Last edited: 2025-05-11
Primary meaning texture
Literal translation texture
Variants
textus
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texture astrological concept, zodiac sign quality

property of zodiac signs, determined by the qualities of its degrees

namque omnia mixtis viribus et vario consurgunt sidera textu.

‘For all the signs that rise possess a mixture of influences and a variety of texture.’

— Manilius, Astronomica 4.414 f

Genre: astrological treatise

Manilius. Astronomica. Edited and translated by G. P. Goold. Loeb Classical Library 469. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1977. 254-255

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). textus (Lemma #2439). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2439/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). textus (Lemma #2439). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2439/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). textus (Lemma #2439). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2439/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2025) textus (Lemma #2439), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2439/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2439,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2025},
	title = {textus ({Lemma} #2439)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2439/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2439/},
}