stilbon

Latin noun
quoted from Greek

Last edited: 2023-12-12
Primary meaning Mercury
Literal translation Mercury
Variants
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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: December 1, 2025).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac931,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {stilbon ({Lemma} #931)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/931/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/931/},
}