zodiacus orbis

Latin noun
loaned from Greek

Last edited: 2023-12-12
Primary meaning zodiac
Literal translation zodiac ring
Variants
zodiacus orbis
Edited by
zodiac astronomical term

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. (2023). 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. (2023). 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. (2023). zodiacus orbis (Lemma #901). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/901/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) zodiacus orbis (Lemma #901), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/901/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac901,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {zodiacus orbis ({Lemma} #901)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/901/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/901/},
}