zodiacus

zōdĭăcus, i, m., = ζωδιακός,

• the zodiac (pure Lat. orbis signifer), Cic. Arat. 317; Gell. 13, 9, 6.
• —Hence, zōdĭăcus, a, um, adj., of the zodiac: zodiacum diastema, Sid. Ep. 8, 11: zodiacus tractus, Mart. Cap. 1, § 44: zodiaca hospitia, id. ib. 1, § 5.

zōdiacus, ī, m. (ζωδιακός), der Tierkreis mit seinen Sternbildern, Gell. 13, 9, 6 (Cic. de div. 2, 89 u. Arat. 318 signifer orbis gen.): signifer, quem Graeci vocant zodiacon, Censor. 8, 4: zodiaci circulus od. orbis, Chalcid. Tim. 78 u. 108. – adi., zodiacum diastema, Sidon.: zodiacus tractus, Mart. Cap.: zodiacus circulus, Hyg.

zodiacus [CL < ζῳδιακός], (in gl.). b (circulus ~us, also as sb. m.) celestial belt that houses the wandering stars and is centred on the path of the sun, zodiac. zotiacus, animalis GlC Z 1; zoziacum, sideralem Gl. Leid. 27. 10; ~us, sideralis Ib. 44. 23; hic ~us ‥ i. sideralis, quia zodis Grece sidus Latine Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 631.  b mathematici in explorandis hominum genituris ‥ ~um circulum in xij signa ‥ distribuunt Bede TR 3; est unus circulus qui ‘~us’ vel ‘horoscopus’ ‥ appellatur ‥ per quem sol et luna et stella Saturni, Jovis et Martis, Veneris, et Mercurii decurrunt Byrht. Man. 4; zotia, i. e. signa, inde circulus iste ‘zotiacus’ dicitur quasi circulus signorum vel signifer Miss. R. Jum. 26; inter septem planetas per ~um circumeuntes discurrit etiam draco, sed contrario motu Walcher Drac. 87; sol quanto in remotiores a ~o partes radios mittit, [tanto] minorem ‥ vim caloris exercet Gir. TH I 39; zodaico nomen animalia dant, quia zoas / est animal Neckam DS I 289; adimplet ‥ Deus annum cum deducit solem ‥ ab eodem puncto ~i in idem punctum Gros. Cess. Leg. I 10. 27; ~us qui est circulus in celo octavo dicitur ‘~us mobilis’ ‥ set ‥ ~us principalis est in celo nono ‥ et hic ~us ‥ dicitur ‘inmobilis’ Bacon V 15.

1 zōdĭăcus, ī, m. (ζῳδιακός), zodiaque, cercle contenant les douze signes parcourus par le soleil : Cic. Arat. 34, 317 ; Gell. 13, 9, 6.

2 zōdĭăcus, a, um, du zodiaque, zodiacal : Sid. Ep. 8, 11 ; Capel. 1, 5 ; 1, 44.

zodiacus , i. m.
黄道。日道。

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zōdiacus ī, m

• , ζωδιακός, the zodiac.

zodiăcus

sc. circulus (ζωδιακὸς κύκλος). The circle of the Zodiac (Aul. Gell. xiii.9.3).