stilbon

Latin · noun
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2023-12-12
Meanings
Literal translation
Mercury
Categories
planet
Related Lemmata 10 ›

1. Mercury

1.a Mercury planet

quem nos Mercurium dicimus, illi Stilbontem vocant

‘the one we call Mercury they call Stilbon’

— 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). stilbon (Lemma #931). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/931/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). stilbon (Lemma #931). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/931/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). stilbon (Lemma #931). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/931/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) stilbon (Lemma #931), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/931/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac931,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {stilbon ({Lemma} #931)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/931/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/931/},
}