thema mundi

Latin · noun
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2023-12-12
Meanings
Literal translation
nativity of the world
Categories
astrological concept
Related Lemmata 1 ›

1. nativity of the world

1.a nativity of the world astrological concept

I. THEMA MUNDI. Mundi itaque genituram hanc esse voluerunt secuti Aesculapium et Hanubium [...]

‘1. THEMA MUNDI. They [Petosiris and Nechepso] in this doctrine followed Aesculapius and Hanubius.’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 3.1.1

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. 1.91

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). thema mundi (Lemma #1054). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1054/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). thema mundi (Lemma #1054). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1054/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). thema mundi (Lemma #1054). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1054/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) thema mundi (Lemma #1054), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1054/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1054,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {thema mundi ({Lemma} #1054)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1054/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1054/},
}