genus

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

1. gender

1.a gender astrological, 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

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

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/
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BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac914,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-05]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {genus ({Lemma} #914)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/914/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/914/},
}