zodiacus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

zōdĭăcus, i, m., = ζωδιακός,

I the zodiac (pure Lat. orbis signifer), Cic. Arat. 317; Gell. 13, 9, 6.

II —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.

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