puppis

Latin noun

Last edited: 2025-01-31
Primary meaning poop-deck
Literal translation poop-deck
Variants
puppis
Edited by
poop-deck part of constellation

of Argo (modern Puppis)

nunc quoque vicinam puppi, ceu naviget, Argo a dextri lateris ducit regione per astra.

‘even now draws Argo by the poop to its side, as though still on the seas, through the stars on its right.’

— Manilius, Astronomica 5.36 f

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. (2025). puppis (Lemma #2496). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2496/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). puppis (Lemma #2496). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2496/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). puppis (Lemma #2496). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2496/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2025) puppis (Lemma #2496), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2496/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2496,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2025},
	title = {puppis ({Lemma} #2496)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2496/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2496/},
}