zodiac

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Synonyms for zodiac

noun declaration made in advance

Antonyms for zodiac

Word Origin & History

late 14c., from Old French zodiaque, from Latin zodiacus "zodiac," from Greek zodiakos (kyklos) "zodiac (circle)," literally "circle of little animals," from zodiaion, diminutive of zoion "animal" (see zoo).

Libra is not an animal, but it was not a zodiac constellation to the Greeks, who reckoned 11 but counted Scorpio and its claws (including what is now Libra) as a "double constellation." Libra was figured back in by the Romans. In Old English the zodiac was twelf tacna "the twelve signs," and in Middle English also Our Ladye's Waye and the Girdle of the Sky.

Example Sentences for zodiac

For the Equinoctial Circle does not cut the Zodiac at right angles.

He set in heaven the Stars of the Zodiac which are their likenesses.

It is decorated with the "signs of the zodiac" and "symbols of the months."

On the probable Chinese origin of the zodiac see Schlegel, loc.

People born in this period are represented in the Zodiac by the symbolism of the twins.

Leo is one of the most beautiful constellations in the zodiac.

It is apparent, however, that the Greek zodiac was employed.

And where are you going,” he said, “you two?Are you going to Zodiac Town?

The twelve stones are the twelve months of signs of the zodiac.

The fifth sign of the zodiac, which the sun enters about the 22d of July.

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