africus

Latin noun

Last edited: 2023-12-01
Primary meaning south-west wind
Literal translation African
Variants
africus
Edited by
south-west wind type of wind

Africo, qui a Graecis Libs dicitur, Cancer, Scorpius, Pisces.

‘To the south-west wind, which the Greeks call libs, are subject the signs Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces.’

— 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). africus (Lemma #967). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/967/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). africus (Lemma #967). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/967/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). africus (Lemma #967). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/967/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) africus (Lemma #967), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/967/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac967,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {africus ({Lemma} #967)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/967/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/967/},
}