zodiacus orbis

Latin · noun
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2026-08-30
Meanings
Literal translation
zodiac ring
Categories
spatial
Related Lemmata 6 ›

1. zodiac

1.a zodiac spatial

Zodiacus orbis, in quo duodecim signa infixa sunt

‘The circle of the zodiac in which the twelve signs are fixed’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 2.1.1

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. 1.41

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2026). zodiacus orbis (Lemma #901). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/901/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2026). zodiacus orbis (Lemma #901). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/901/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2026). zodiacus orbis (Lemma #901). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/901/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2026) zodiacus orbis (Lemma #901), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/901/ (Accessed: November 5, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac901,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-05]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2026},
	title = {zodiacus orbis ({Lemma} #901)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/901/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/901/},
}