sol

Latin · noun
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2024-06-10
Meanings
Literal translation
sun
Categories
planet
luminary
meteorological phenomenon
Related Lemmata 10 ›

1. sun

1.a sun planet, luminary

Solis cotidiani cursus annuique reditus

‘the daily and the annual path of the Sun’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 1.0.5

Genre: astrological compendium Provenance: Sicily Date: ca. 334 CE

Firmicus Maternus. 1897. Ivlii Firmici Materni Matheseos Libri VIII, ed. W. Kroll, F. Skutsch. Stuttgart: B. G. Teubner. 1.2

2. sun dog, parhelion

2.a sun dog, parhelion meteorological phenomenon

Quomodo nunc me hoc loco geram? Quid vocem? Imagines solis?2 Historici soles vocant et binos ternosque apparuisse memoriae tradunt.

‘Now, how am I to express myself in this section?2 What should I call these things? Images of the sun? Historians call them “suns” and record that they have appeared two and three at a time.’

— Seneca, Natural Questions 1.11.2

Genre: philosophy Date: 62/63 CE

Seneca. Natural Questions, Volume I: Books 1-3. Translated by Thomas H. Corcoran. Loeb Classical Library 450. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1971. 66-67

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). sol (Lemma #826). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/826/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). sol (Lemma #826). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/826/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). sol (Lemma #826). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/826/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) sol (Lemma #826), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/826/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac826,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {sol ({Lemma} #826)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/826/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/826/},
}