04.02.26: Comenius CVI; the Celestial Sphere [5]; text and vocabulary [4]

[6] Add (to these) the XII signs of the Zodiaque, every one XXX degrees … │ Adde Signa XII Zōdiacī, quodlibet graduum XXX …… whose names are … │ … quōrum nōmina sunt …

Note: the names are the same in both the Latin and English text except that Comenius uses:

[i] Capricorn as opposed to the Latin Capricornus, -ī [2/m]

[ii] Scorpius, -ī [2/m]: scorpion, but also CL: scorpiō, -iōnis [3/m] i.e. Modern English uses Scorpio for the astrological sign

The order is the same as the original text.

♈ Aries, ♉ Taurus, ♊ Gemini,  ♋ Cancer, ♌ Leo, ♍ Virgo, ♎ Libra, ♏ Scorpius (Scorpio), ♐ Sagittarius, ♑ Capricorn(us), ♒ Aquarius, ♓ Pisces.

quodlibet: each one

08.12.25: Level 3; indefinites [18] -vīs; -libet

https://adckl.blogspot.com/2025/09/081225-level-3-indefinites-18-vis-libet.html

gradus, -us [4/m] [i] step, pace; [ii] (here) degree

zōdiacus, -ī [2/m]: zodiac

aquārius, -ī [2/m]: water-carrier

piscis, -is [3/m]: fish

ariēs, arietis [3/m]: ram

taurus, -ī [2/m]: bull

geminus, -a, -um: born at the same time

tibi sunt geminī et trigeminī, sī tē bene habēs, fīliī (Plautus) │ you have two-fold and three-fold sons if you are happy

cancer, cancrī [2/m]: crab

leō, leōnis [3/m]: lion

virgō, virgōnis [3/m]: (unmarried) young woman; virgin

lībra, -ae [1/f]: scales, balance

scorpius, -ī [2/m]; scorpiō, scorpiōnis [3/m]: scorpion

sagittārius, -ī [2/m]: archer

Capricornus, -ī [2/m]: Capricorn < caper, caprī [2/m]: goat + cornū, -ūs [4/n]: horn

images from a 17th century woodcut

3^rd century Roman mosaic with images of the zodiac