synodus

Latin noun
loaned from Greek

Last edited: 2023-12-12
Primary meaning synodic position
Literal translation way around
Variants
synodus
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synodic position astronomical term

posteaquam enim de diametro Solis recedens luminis sui coeperit damna sentire ad synodum festinans, qualibet luminis sui figuratione pro mensura uniuscuiusque deis cernit exitium.

‘For, after receding from opposition to the Sun, she feels her light waning as she hastens to the synodic position; in whatever shape she is she indicates destruction for everyone, according to her form.’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 4.16.5

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. 1.235

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). synodus (Lemma #1140). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1140/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). synodus (Lemma #1140). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1140/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). synodus (Lemma #1140). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1140/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) synodus (Lemma #1140), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1140/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1140,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {synodus ({Lemma} #1140)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1140/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1140/},
}