venus

Latin · noun
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2024-07-15
Meanings
Literal translation
Venus
Categories
planet
Related Lemmata 12 ›

1. Venus

1.a Venus planet

facit [...] Venus luxuriosos, venustos et honesto gratiae splendore fulgentes

‘Venus [makes men] pleasure-loving, charming, handsome’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 1.2.2

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. 1.6

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). venus (Lemma #867). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/867/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). venus (Lemma #867). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/867/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). venus (Lemma #867). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/867/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) venus (Lemma #867), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/867/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac867,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {venus ({Lemma} #867)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/867/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/867/},
}