decerno

Latin · verb
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2023-12-12
Meanings
Literal translation
to decide
Categories
astrological concept
Related Lemmata 3 ›

1. to indicate

1.a to indicate astrological concept

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

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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: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1136,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {decerno ({Lemma} #1136)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1136/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1136/},
}