quadratum

Latin · noun

Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2025-01-29

Meanings

Literal translation

square

1. square

1.a square aspect

quia de quadrato horoscopum respicit et per quadratum ab horoscopo videtur.

‘because it influence the ascendant in square aspect and is influenced by it in square’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 2.19.5

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. 1.62

at, quae divisa quaternis partibus aequali laterum sunt condita ductu quorum designat normalis virgula sedes, haec quadrata ferunt.

‘But the signs which are separated by quarters of the circle and are situated upon a figure with equal sides, the positions of which a square rule draws, these signs are called quadrate.’

— Manilius, Astronomica 2.287 ff

Genre: astrological treatise

Manilius. Astronomica. Edited and translated by G. P. Goold. Loeb Classical Library 469. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1977. 104-105

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APA (7th)

Meinhardt, K. (2025). quadratum (Lemma #1014). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1014/

Chicago (Author-Date)

Meinhardt, K. (2025). quadratum (Lemma #1014). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1014/

MLA (9th)

Meinhardt, K. (2025). quadratum (Lemma #1014). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1014/

Harvard

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BibTeX

@misc{zodiac1014,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2025},
	title = {quadratum ({Lemma} #1014)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1014/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1014/},
}