decerno

Latin verb

Last edited: 2023-12-12
Primary meaning to indicate
Literal translation to decide
Variants
decerno
Edited by
to indicate astrological concept, verb

Lunae nos omnes cursus in principiis huius libri explicaturos esse promisimus et quid qua ratione decernat;

‘We have promised to explain all courses of the moon in the preface of this book and why it indicates what things’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 4.1.1

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. 1.197

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). decerno (Lemma #1136). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1136/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). decerno (Lemma #1136). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1136/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). decerno (Lemma #1136). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1136/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) decerno (Lemma #1136), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1136/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1136,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {decerno ({Lemma} #1136)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1136/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1136/},
}