antiscium

Latin noun
loaned from Greek

Last edited: 2023-12-01
Primary meaning antiscia
Literal translation counter-shadow
Variants
antiscium
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antiscia astrological concept

signs or degrees that are equidistant from the solstices

Gemini in Cancrum antiscium mittunt et Cancer in Geminos

‘Gemini send antiscia toward Cancer and Cancer toward Gemini’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 2.29.3

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. 1.78

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). antiscium (Lemma #1026). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1026/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). antiscium (Lemma #1026). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1026/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). antiscium (Lemma #1026). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1026/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) antiscium (Lemma #1026), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1026/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1026,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {antiscium ({Lemma} #1026)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1026/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1026/},
}