applico

Latin verb

Last edited: 2023-12-01
Primary meaning to move into conjunction
Literal translation to apply
Variants
applico
adplico
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to move into conjunction astronomical event, astrological concept, verb of motion

reflexive

Si se Luna Saturni adplicaverit stellae et crescens lumine ista se Saturno societate coniungat vel sic ad Saturnum feratur, matri viduitatem et muliebrium locorum adsiduos dolores decernit

‘When the Moon applies itself to Saturn and while waxing aspects it in that way or moves toward Satur, this indicates widowhood for the mother and constant grief for the places of women’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 4.2.1

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. 1.200


Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). applico (Lemma #1148). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1148/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). applico (Lemma #1148). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1148/

MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). applico (Lemma #1148). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1148/

Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) applico (Lemma #1148), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1148/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac1148,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {applico ({Lemma} #1148)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1148/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1148/},
}