ableptus

Latin adjective
loaned from Greek

Last edited: 2023-12-01
Primary meaning unaspected
Literal translation unseen
Variants
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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: December 1, 2025).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac1020,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {ableptus ({Lemma} #1020)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1020/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1020/},
}