acontias

Latin · noun
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2025-10-07
Meanings
Literal translation
darting
Categories
luminous entity other than star planet luminary

1. "dart" comet

1.a "dart" comet luminous entity other than star planet luminary

acontiae iaculi modo vibrantur, atrocissimo significatu;

‘‘Javelin-star’ quiver like a dart; these are a very terrible portent.’

— Pliny, Natural History 2.89

Genre: encyclopedia Provenance: Rome Date: 77-79 CE

Pliny. Natural History, Volume I: Books 1-2. Translated by H. Rackham. Loeb Classical Library 330. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1938.

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). acontias (Lemma #6061). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6061/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). acontias (Lemma #6061). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6061/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). acontias (Lemma #6061). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6061/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2025) acontias (Lemma #6061), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6061/ (Accessed: November 5, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac6061,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-05]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2025},
	title = {acontias ({Lemma} #6061)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6061/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6061/},
}