biformis

Latin · adjective
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2024-09-23
Meanings
Literal translation
two-shaped
Categories
astrological concept
zodiac sign quality
Related Lemmata 8 ›

1. double-bodied

1.a double-bodied astrological concept, zodiac sign quality

Pisces sunt signum femininum, duplex, humidum, aquosum, biforme, fecundum, squamosum, maculosum, incuruum, mutum, mobile

‘Pisces is a feminine, dual, humid, watery, double-bodied, fertile, scaly, speckled, bent, mute, mobile sign’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 2.10.5

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. 1.53

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). biformis (Lemma #956). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/956/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). biformis (Lemma #956). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/956/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). biformis (Lemma #956). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/956/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) biformis (Lemma #956), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/956/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac956,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {biformis ({Lemma} #956)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/956/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/956/},
}