zodiac
ZODIAC
orbis signifer (Cic. Div. 2 42 89): circulus signifer (Vitr. 6 1 1): circulus qui signifer vocatur (Plin. 2 4 3); or simply signifer (id. 2 10 7): orbis in duodecim partes distributus (Cic. Tusc. 1 2S 68): orbis duodecim signorum (Cic. N.D. 2 20 53): limbus duodecim signorum (Varr. 2 3 7). ☞ The Greek Zodiacus is found only in later writers.
orbis signifer (Cic. Div. 2 42 89): circulus signifer (Vitr. 6 1 1): circulus qui signifer vocatur (Plin. 2 4 3); or simply signifer (id. 2 10 7): orbis in duodecim partes distributus (Cic. Tusc. 1 2S 68): orbis duodecim signorum (Cic. N.D. 2 20 53): limbus duodecim signorum (Varr. 2 3 7). ☞ The Greek Zodiacus is found only in later writers.
zodiac: *Zōdiăcus, m., only in late writers: the zodiac is described in Cicero as, signifer orbis, signifer circulus; orbis duodecim signorum, orbis in duodecim partes distributus (Div. 2, 42, 89: Tusc. 1, 28, 68: N. D. 2, 20, 53): in Virgil (G. 1, 239) by obliquus ordo signorum.