ableptus

Latin · adjective
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2023-12-01

Literal translation
unseen
Categories
astrological concept
Related Lemmata 7

1. unaspected

1.a unaspected astrological concept

Ac per hoc, quodcumque signum extra hunc numerum fuerit inuentum, pigrum et ableptum dicitur.

‘And, because of this, whatever sign is found outside of this number is called passive and ableptum.’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 2.23.7

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. 1.72


Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). ableptus (Lemma #1020). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1020/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). ableptus (Lemma #1020). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1020/

MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). ableptus (Lemma #1020). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1020/

Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) ableptus (Lemma #1020), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1020/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac1020,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {ableptus ({Lemma} #1020)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1020/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1020/},
}