recedo

Latin · verb

Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2024-08-13

Meanings

1. to separate

2. to wane

3. to be distant

Literal translation

to go back

1. to separate

1.a to separate astronomical event, astrological concept

of planets after a conjunction

tertio rursus die diligenter debemus inspicere, et quibus se coniungat et <a> quibus defluat et recedat et quatenus se post primam coniunctionem secundis coniunctionibus societ

‘again on the third day we must observe diligently also to which [planets] [the Moon] forms aspect and from which it separates and recedes and how it forms second aspects after the first aspect’

— 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

2. to wane

2.a to wane astronomical phenomenon, lunar phase, lunar phenomenon

nec lunam certos excedere luminis orbes sed servare modum, quo crescat quove recedat,

‘that the Moon does not exceed her appointed orbs of light, but preserves the regularity of her waxing and waning;’

— Manilius, Astronomica 1.527 f

Genre: astrological treatise

Manilius. Astronomica. Edited and translated by G. P. Goold. Loeb Classical Library 469. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1977. 44-45

3. to be distant

3.a to be distant expression of relative position

quotque ab ea Phoebus partes et signa recedit tot numerare iubet fulgens horoscopos a se.

‘as many degrees and signs as is distant the Sun from her, so many the shining Horoscope bids you number from itself.’

— Manilius, Astronomica 3.199 f

Genre: astrological treatise

Manilius. Astronomica. Edited and translated by G. P. Goold. Loeb Classical Library 469. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1977. 178-179

Cite this entry

APA (7th)

Meinhardt, K. (2024). recedo (Lemma #1146). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1146/

Chicago (Author-Date)

Meinhardt, K. (2024). recedo (Lemma #1146). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1146/

MLA (9th)

Meinhardt, K. (2024). recedo (Lemma #1146). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1146/

Harvard

Meinhardt, K. (2024) recedo (Lemma #1146), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1146/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{zodiac1146,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {recedo ({Lemma} #1146)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1146/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1146/},
}