libra

Latin noun

Last edited: 2023-12-12
Primary meaning Libra
Literal translation scales
Variants
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Libra 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

See also

〈Χηλαί〉 Chēlai ‘Libra’

〈RIN2〉 zibānītu ‘Libra’

〈—〉 ỉḫy.t ‘Libra’

〈Ζυγός〉 Zugos ‘Libra’

〈trigonum saturni〉 ‘Saturn's triangle’

〈caput librae〉 ‘the head of the Scales’

〈pars sinistra trutinae librae〉 ‘the left side of the Scales’

〈pars dextra trutinae librae〉 ‘the right side of the Scales’

〈pars laeva iugi librae〉 ‘the left side of the Scales' beam’

〈pars dextra iugi librae〉 ‘the right side of the Scales' beam’

〈cor librae〉 ‘the heart of the Scales’

〈manus dextra librae〉 ‘the right hand of the Scales’

〈pectus librae〉 ‘the chest of the Scales’

〈pedes librae〉 ‘the feet of the Scales’

〈renes librae〉 ‘kidneys of (the bearer of) the Scales’

〈terra librae〉 ‘ground (under the bearer of) the Scales’

〈chelae〉 ‘Libra’

〈מוזניא〉 mwznyʾ ‘Libra’

〈מֹאזְנַיִם〉 mōʾznayim ‘Libra’

〈तुला〉 tulā ‘Libra’

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). libra (Lemma #908). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/908/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). libra (Lemma #908). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/908/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). libra (Lemma #908). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/908/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) libra (Lemma #908), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/908/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac908,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {libra ({Lemma} #908)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/908/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/908/},
}