cenodromos

Latin adjective
quoted from Greek

Last edited: 2023-12-12
Primary meaning running empty
Literal translation running empty
Variants
cenodromos
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running empty lunar quality

sed illis intra cutem malignus humor semper inlapidatos articulos obligat, praesertim si per vacuum currens, quam Graeci cenodromon dicunt

‘they will suffer from malignant humors under the skin which will attack their joints, especially if the moon is running empty (void of course), which the Greeks call κενοδρόμος’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 4.8.1

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. 1.207


Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). cenodromos (Lemma #1157). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1157/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). cenodromos (Lemma #1157). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1157/

MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). cenodromos (Lemma #1157). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1157/

Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) cenodromos (Lemma #1157), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1157/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac1157,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {cenodromos ({Lemma} #1157)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1157/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1157/},
}