consisto

Latin · verb
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2024-05-21
Meanings
Literal translation
to place oneself
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1. to be located

1.a to be located

in the sky or in a nativity chart

Laborandum itaque et in omni geniturae substantia ista <pars> magno opere requirenda, in qua est Luna constituta;

‘Therefore one has to work out in every substance of a nativity that degree with great effort, in which the moon is located’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 4.1.7

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. 1.198

quacumque in parti nascentum tempore Luna constiterit, numeris hanc ter dispone quaternis, sublimi totidem quia fulgent sidera mundo.

‘Multiply thrice four times whatever degree the Moon occupies at the moment of nativity, since so many are the constellations which shine in high heaven.’

— Manilius, Astronomica 2.726 f

Genre: astrological treatise

Manilius. Astronomica. Edited and translated by G. P. Goold. Loeb Classical Library 469. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1977. 140-141

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). consisto (Lemma #1138). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1138/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). consisto (Lemma #1138). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1138/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). consisto (Lemma #1138). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1138/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) consisto (Lemma #1138), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1138/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1138,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {consisto ({Lemma} #1138)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1138/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1138/},
}