cancer

Latin · noun
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2023-12-12
Meanings
Literal translation
crab
Categories
zodiac sign
Related Lemmata 19 ›

1. Cancer

1.a Cancer zodiac sign

Signa autem ipsa duodecim his nominibus nominantur: Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpius, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius et Pisces.

‘The twelve signs themselves are called by these names: Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, and Pisces.’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 2.1.2

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. 1.41

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). cancer (Lemma #905). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/905/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). cancer (Lemma #905). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/905/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). cancer (Lemma #905). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/905/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) cancer (Lemma #905), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/905/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac905,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {cancer ({Lemma} #905)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/905/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/905/},
}