minutus

Latin · adjective
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2023-12-12
Meanings
Literal translation
lessened
Categories
astronomical event
Related Lemmata 4 ›

1. waning

1.a waning astronomical event

Si vero in hoc loco fuerit minuta luminibus et Saturnus in parte vel in signo horoscopi fuerit constitutus, perficit repentinis oculorum vulneribus caecitatem.

‘If the Moon is waning in this house and Saturn is on the degree or in the sign of the ascendant, this indicates blindness from sudden wounds in the eyes.’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 3.13.4

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. 1.187-188

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). minutus (Lemma #1109). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1109/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). minutus (Lemma #1109). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1109/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). minutus (Lemma #1109). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1109/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) minutus (Lemma #1109), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1109/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1109,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {minutus ({Lemma} #1109)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1109/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1109/},
}