diametrum

Latin noun
loaned from Greek

Last edited: 2023-12-12
Primary meaning opposition
Variants
diametrum
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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


Cite this entry
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/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). diametrum (Lemma #1000). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1000/

MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). diametrum (Lemma #1000). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1000/

Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) diametrum (Lemma #1000), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1000/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac1000,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {diametrum ({Lemma} #1000)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1000/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1000/},
}