alienus

Latin adjective

Last edited: 2024-09-09
Primary meaning not in aspect
Literal translation alien
Variants
alienus
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not in aspect astrological concept

et secundum cardinum diversos situs et secundum anaforas cardinum et secundum ea signa, quae aliena esse ab horoscopi societatibus diximus, decretorum diversa varietas invenitur.

‘and according to the different situations of the angles, and the anaforas of the angles, and according to those signs which we have said are not in aspect to the ascendant’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 4.4.2

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

not one's own astrological concept

of a place not assigned to a specific planet

aliena capessunt regna et in externis subsidunt hospita castris.

‘they occupy realms not their own and sojourn in an alien camp.’

— Manilius, Astronomica 2.963 f

Genre: astrological treatise

Manilius. Astronomica. Edited and translated by G. P. Goold. Loeb Classical Library 469. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1977. 158-159

different, unequal mathematical property

et genus externum referunt aliena per astra

‘that born under signs alien to their natures they display the qualities of other stars’

— Manilius, Astronomica 4.376

Genre: astrological treatise

Manilius. Astronomica. Edited and translated by G. P. Goold. Loeb Classical Library 469. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1977. 250-251

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). alienus (Lemma #1153). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1153/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). alienus (Lemma #1153). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1153/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). alienus (Lemma #1153). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1153/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) alienus (Lemma #1153), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1153/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1153,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {alienus ({Lemma} #1153)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1153/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1153/},
}