genus

Latin · noun
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2024-10-17
Meanings
Literal translation
gender
Categories
astrological concept
zodiac sign quality
astronomical concept
Related Lemmata 3 ›

1. gender

1.a gender astrological concept, zodiac sign quality

Horum signorum diversa sunt genera, nam alia sunt ex his masculina, alia feminina

‘These signs are of different gender, some masculine, some feminine’

— 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

2. properties

2.a properties astrological concept

of a zodiac sign

parte genus variant et vires linea mutat.

‘The signs vary their nature according to their quarter of the sky, and a line which joins them likewise suffers change of its strength.’

— Manilius, Astronomica 2.645

Genre: astrological treatise

Manilius. Astronomica. Edited and translated by G. P. Goold. Loeb Classical Library 469. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1977. 132-133

3. class of stellar magnitude

3.a class of stellar magnitude astronomical concept

tum quartum sextumque genus discernitur omni e numero, summamque gradus qui iungit utramque

‘Then out of all the remaining stars one distinguishes a fourth class and a sixth, and the degree which lies between these two magnitudes’

— Manilius, Astronomica 5.716 ff

Genre: astrological treatise

Manilius. Astronomica. Edited and translated by G. P. Goold. Loeb Classical Library 469. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1977. 360-361

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). genus (Lemma #914). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/914/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). genus (Lemma #914). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/914/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). genus (Lemma #914). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/914/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) genus (Lemma #914), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/914/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac914,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {genus ({Lemma} #914)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/914/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/914/},
}