tractus terrae pendentis

Latin · noun
variants terrae tractus pendentis , terrae pendentis tractus
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2026-08-30
Meanings
Literal translation
regions of hanging earth
Categories
cosmological concept

1. southern hemisphere

1.a southern hemisphere cosmological concept

of Earth

extremumque sequi pontum terraeque subire pendentis tractus et toto vivere in orbe.

‘to make for Ocean’s farthest horizon, descend to the inverted parts of the Earth, and inhabit the whole wide world.’

— Manilius, Astronomica 4.880 f

Genre: astrological treatise

Manilius. Astronomica. Edited and translated by G. P. Goold. Loeb Classical Library 469. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1977. 292-293

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2026). tractus terrae pendentis (Lemma #2480). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2480/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2026). tractus terrae pendentis (Lemma #2480). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2480/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2026). tractus terrae pendentis (Lemma #2480). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2480/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2026) tractus terrae pendentis (Lemma #2480), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2480/ (Accessed: November 5, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2480,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-05]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2026},
	title = {tractus terrae pendentis ({Lemma} #2480)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2480/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2480/},
}