libs

Latin · noun
variant λίψ : lips
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2024-02-13
Meanings
Literal translation
Libyan
Categories
type of wind
Related Lemmata 2 ›

1. south-west wind

1.a 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. (2024). libs (Lemma #968). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/968/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). libs (Lemma #968). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/968/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). libs (Lemma #968). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/968/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) libs (Lemma #968), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/968/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac968,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {libs ({Lemma} #968)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/968/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/968/},
}