noxius

Latin adjective

Last edited: 2024-11-25
Primary meaning harmful
Literal translation harmful
Variants
noxius
Edited by
harmful astrological concept

of astrological influence

septima non melior, ter quintae noxia par est

‘the seventh is no better, and the hurt of the treble-fifth is just as great’

— Manilius, Astronomica 4.455

Genre: astrological treatise

Manilius. Astronomica. Edited and translated by G. P. Goold. Loeb Classical Library 469. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1977. 258-259

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). noxius (Lemma #2451). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2451/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). noxius (Lemma #2451). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2451/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). noxius (Lemma #2451). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2451/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) noxius (Lemma #2451), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2451/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2451,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {noxius ({Lemma} #2451)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2451/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2451/},
}