solanus

Latin noun

Last edited: 2023-12-12
Primary meaning east wind
Literal translation solar wind
Variants
solanus
Edited by
east wind type of wind

Afelioti, quem nos Solanum dicimus, Gemini, Libra, Aquarius

‘To the afeliotes, which we call the east wind, are subject the signs Gemini, Libra, Aquarius’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 2.12

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. 1.55

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). solanus (Lemma #966). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/966/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). solanus (Lemma #966). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/966/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). solanus (Lemma #966). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/966/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) solanus (Lemma #966), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/966/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac966,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {solanus ({Lemma} #966)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/966/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/966/},
}