ARIES • FREE TRANSLATOR.ORG • Definition of Aries

Add this Dictionary
to your website!
See more options...

/ˈɛriz/ Listen

Aries

noun

(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Aries. Synonym: Ram.

A small zodiacal constellation in the northern hemisphere; between Pisces and Taurus.

The first sign of the zodiac which the sun enters at the vernal equinox; the sun is in this sign from about March 21 to April 19. Synonyms: Aries the Ram, Ram.

See more definitions of Aries...

See images of 'Aries'

Etymology of 'Aries'

Related searches:

Aries the Ram

Ovis aries

Share |

"Aries" Quotes from Famous Books

... parts is said at Lauds, but not "in feriis." "Benedictus es" also comes on weekdays at Prime. In the Mozarabic Missal Benedicite occurs in the service for the first Sunday in Lent. In the use arranged by Cæsarius of Aries (� 542) for the Gallican Church Benedicite was sung at ...

— The Three Additions to Daniel, A Study • William Heaford Daubney

... mind. Subs. 3. In disposition; as all perturbations, evil affection, &c. Or Habits, as Subs. 4. Dotage Frenzy. Madness. Ecstasy. Lycanthropia. Chorus sancti Viti. Hydrophobia. Possession or obsession of Devils. Melancholy. See [Symbol: Aries]. ...

— The Anatomy of Melancholy • Democritus Junior

... was harbingered also by the terrible comet of January, which appeared in a cadent and obscure house, denoting sickness and death: and another and yet more terrible comet, which will be found in the fiery triplicity of Aries, Leo, and Sagittarius, will be ...

— Old Saint Paul's - A Tale of the Plague and the Fire • William Harrison Ainsworth

... and under worlds, or of Attis with Cybele, the blooming Earth-mother, are obvious vegetation-symbols; but they do not exclude the interpretation that Adonis (Adonai) may also figure as a Sun-god. The Zodiacal constellations of Aries and Taurus (to which I shall return presently) rule in heaven just when the Lamb and the Bull are in evidence on the earth; and the yearly sacrifice of those two animals and of the growing Corn for ...

— Pagan & Christian Creeds - Their Origin and Meaning • Edward Carpenter

... insurrection, which, under the sons of Charlemagne, succeeded the wars of conquest, Aquitaine and Provence became distinct states. Among the South Eastern provinces reappeared even the ancient name of Gaul, which had for ever perished north of the Loire. The chiefs of the new Kingdom of Aries, which extended from the Jura to the Alps, took the title of Gaul in opposition to the Kings ...

— Jasmin: Barber, Poet, Philanthropist • Samuel Smiles

More quotes...