orion

Latin · noun
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2023-12-12
Meanings
Categories
astrological concept
Related Lemmata 4 ›

1. term

1.a term astrological concept

hos fines Graeci oria vocant

‘These terms the Greeks call oria (boundaries)’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 2.6.1

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. 1.46

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). orion (Lemma #938). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/938/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). orion (Lemma #938). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/938/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). orion (Lemma #938). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/938/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) orion (Lemma #938), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/938/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac938,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {orion ({Lemma} #938)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/938/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/938/},
}