faeno

Latin noun
quoted from Greek

Last edited: 2023-12-12
Primary meaning Saturn
Variants
Faeno
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Saturn planet

nam qui a nobis Saturnus dicitur, ab Aegyptiis Faenon vocatur

‘for the one we call Saturn the Egyptians call Faeno;’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 2.2.2

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. 1.42


Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). faeno (Lemma #920). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/920/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). faeno (Lemma #920). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/920/

MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). faeno (Lemma #920). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/920/

Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) faeno (Lemma #920), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/920/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac920,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {faeno ({Lemma} #920)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/920/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/920/},
}