diametrum

Latin · noun
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2023-12-12
Meanings
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aspect
Related Lemmata 9 ›

1. opposition

1.a opposition aspect

Deus vero illud signum dicitur quod contra hoc signum in diametro fuerit constitutum, id est IX. ab horoscopo signum

‘Deus is the name of the house which is diametrically opposite this house, that is the ninth from the ascendant’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 2.16.2

Genre: astrological compendium Provenance: Sicily Date: ca. 334 CE

Firmicus Maternus. 1897. Ivlii Firmici Materni Matheseos Libri VIII, ed. W. Kroll, F. Skutsch. Stuttgart: B. G. Teubner. 1.59

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). diametrum (Lemma #1000). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1000/
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Meinhardt, K. (2023). diametrum (Lemma #1000). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1000/
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Meinhardt, K. (2023). diametrum (Lemma #1000). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1000/
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@misc{zodiac1000,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {diametrum ({Lemma} #1000)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1000/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1000/},
}