astrologus

Latin noun
loaned from Greek

Last edited: 2023-12-01
Primary meaning astronomer
Literal translation astronomer
Variants
astrologus
Edited by
astronomer practitioner

Si vero in hoc loco matutinus fuerit inventus, faciet sacerdotes divinos haruspices augures mathematicos astrologos medicos, et quibus ex istis artibus et institutis vitae subsidia quaerantur.

‘Mercury in this house in a morning rising makes priests, haruspices, augurs, astrologers, astronomers, physicians, and such as gain their livelihood from that kind of skill.’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 3.7.19

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. 1.162

astrologer practitioner

Nechepso, iustissimus Aegypti imperator et astrologus valde bonus

‘Nechepso, the most just emperor of Egypt and a very good astronomer/astrologer’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 4.22.2

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. 1.265

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). astrologus (Lemma #1106). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1106/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). astrologus (Lemma #1106). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1106/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). astrologus (Lemma #1106). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1106/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) astrologus (Lemma #1106), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1106/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1106,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {astrologus ({Lemma} #1106)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1106/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1106/},
}