ales

Latin noun

Last edited: 2024-10-27
Primary meaning the Swan
Literal translation bird
Variants
ales
Edited by
the Swan constellation

modern Cygnus

et Iuppiter alite tectus

‘and Jupiter in swan’s disguise’

— Manilius, Astronomica 5.25

Genre: astrological treatise

Manilius. Astronomica. Edited and translated by G. P. Goold. Loeb Classical Library 469. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1977. 302-303

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). ales (Lemma #2493). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2493/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). ales (Lemma #2493). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2493/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). ales (Lemma #2493). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2493/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) ales (Lemma #2493), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2493/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2493,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {ales ({Lemma} #2493)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2493/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2493/},
}