locus primus

Latin noun

Last edited: 2023-12-12
Primary meaning important place
Literal translation first place
Variants
locus primus
primus locus
Edited by
important place astrological concept

in a nativity

facit [...] efficaces tamen et omnia complentes [...] praesertim si in primis geniturae locis fuerint constituti

‘it makes them [...] successful and efficient, especially when they are in important places in the chart’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 4.4.1

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. 1.202

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). locus primus (Lemma #1152). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1152/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). locus primus (Lemma #1152). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1152/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). locus primus (Lemma #1152). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1152/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) locus primus (Lemma #1152), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1152/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1152,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {locus primus ({Lemma} #1152)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1152/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1152/},
}