biformis

Latin adjective

Last edited: 2024-09-23
Primary meaning double-bodied
Literal translation two-shaped
Variants
biformis
Edited by

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


Cite this entry
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: February 2, 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac956,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {biformis ({Lemma} #956)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/956/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/956/},
}