| 单词 | quadrupedal sign |
| 释义 | > as lemmasquadrupedal sign quadrupedal sign n. [compare Hellenistic Greek τετράποδα ζῴδια, plural] Astrology each of five signs of the zodiac (Aries, Taurus, Leo, Sagittarius, and Capricorn) named after a four-footed creature (cf. quadrupedian adj.). ΚΠ 1700 E. Phillips New World Words (new ed.) Quadrupedal [1658 Quadrupedian] signs. 1822 J. M. Ashmand tr. Proclus Ptolemy's Tetrabiblos iv. iv. 180 The quadrupedal signs [Gk. τετράποδα] contribute to produce employment among metals, in business and trade, in house-building, and in the work of smiths and mechanics. 1899 Classical Rev. 13 292/1 What Manetho means is, ‘should the degree ascending be in a quadrupedal sign’, such as Leo. 1940 F. E. Robbins tr. Ptolemy Tetrabiblos iv. ix. 435 If Mars is quartile or in opposition to the sun or the moon..in the quadrupedal signs, [he causes] death by the collapse of houses, by breaking, or by crushing. < as lemmas |
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