malignus

Latin adjective

Last edited: 2023-12-12
Primary meaning malefic
Literal translation malign
Variants
malignus
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malefic astrological concept

[...], praesertim si in malignae stellae vel signo vel loco vel finibus fuerit inventus.

‘[...] especially if he is in the house or terms of a malefic planet.’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 3.2.21

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. 1.103

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). malignus (Lemma #1063). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1063/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). malignus (Lemma #1063). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1063/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). malignus (Lemma #1063). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1063/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) malignus (Lemma #1063), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1063/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1063,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {malignus ({Lemma} #1063)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1063/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1063/},
}