dichotomos

Latin · adjective
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2023-12-12
Meanings
Literal translation
cut in twain
Categories
lunar phase
Related Lemmata 2 ›

1. half

1.a half lunar phase

Est itaque Luna aut synodica aut plena aut dichotomos aut menoides aut amficyrtos et per has mutata formas cursum menstrui luminis complet.

‘Therefore the moon is either new or full or half or crescent or gibbous and changed through these shapes she completes the course of monthly light.’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 4.1.10

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. 1.199

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). dichotomos (Lemma #1141). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1141/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). dichotomos (Lemma #1141). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1141/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). dichotomos (Lemma #1141). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1141/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) dichotomos (Lemma #1141), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1141/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1141,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {dichotomos ({Lemma} #1141)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1141/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1141/},
}