mitigo

Latin verb

Last edited: 2023-12-12
Primary meaning to mitigate
Literal translation to mitigate
Variants
mitigo
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to mitigate verb, astrological concept

lessen an astrological indication

<si> enim Iuppiter et Venus istas omnes coniunctiones vel defluctiones, per quas misera hominibus decernuntur exitia, bona radiatione respexerint, decretorum malorum <et> miserae calamitatis exitia mitigantur.

‘for if Jupiter and Venus aspect all those configurations and separations well which indicate miserable outcomes for natives, the outcome of miserable catastrophe is lessened’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 4.16.2

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. 1.234

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). mitigo (Lemma #1161). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1161/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). mitigo (Lemma #1161). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1161/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). mitigo (Lemma #1161). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1161/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) mitigo (Lemma #1161), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1161/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1161,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {mitigo ({Lemma} #1161)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1161/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1161/},
}