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horoscopus

horoscopus · adj

that shows the hour

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Where it lives

Saturae 1 · 2.21/10k
Naturalis Historia 1 · 0.03/10k

What it meant

hōroscŏpus — Lewis & Short

hōroscŏpus, a, um, adj., = w(rosko/pos,

I that shows the hour.

I Adj.: vasa, Plin. 2, 72, 74, § 182; Mart. Cap. 6, § 595.—

II Subst.: horoscopus, i. m., a nativity, horoscope, Pers. 6, 18; Manil. 3, 190; 200 sq.; Aug. Civ. Dei, 5, 2 sq.

In the wild

horoscopa Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 2.72.p1
horoscope Persius, Saturae 6.18

Where it came from

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