femininus

Latin adjective

Last edited: 2024-09-23
Primary meaning feminine
Literal translation female
Variants
femininus
Edited by
feminine 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

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). femininus (Lemma #916). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/916/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). femininus (Lemma #916). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/916/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). femininus (Lemma #916). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/916/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) femininus (Lemma #916), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/916/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac916,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {femininus ({Lemma} #916)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/916/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/916/},
}