humilior

Latin verb

Last edited: 2024-01-12
Primary meaning to be in a falling place
Literal translation to be humbled
Variants
humilior
humilitor Firmicus Maternus 4.19.12
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to be in a falling place astrological concept

in hoc signo, in quo humiliatur atque deicitur

‘in this sign, in which it is in fall’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 2.29.12

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. 1.82


Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). humilior (Lemma #1028). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1028/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). humilior (Lemma #1028). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1028/

MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). humilior (Lemma #1028). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1028/

Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) humilior (Lemma #1028), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1028/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac1028,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {humilior ({Lemma} #1028)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1028/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1028/},
}