〈ἀπόστασις〉 apostasis ‘elongation’
〈BE〉 ? ‘elongation’
〈spatium〉 ‘position’
〈ἡ κατὰ μῆκος κίνησις〉 hē kata mēkos kinēsis ‘longitudinal motion’
〈μῆκος〉 mēkos ‘longitude’
longitudo
Latin noun
Last edited: 2024-02-19| Primary meaning | length |
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| Literal translation | length |
| Variants | longitudo |
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elongation astronomical term
diligenter inspice cursum coniunctiones defluctionesque Lunae, longitudines altitudines et qui coniunctiones eius excipiant.
‘diligently look at the course, the aspects and separations of the Moon, the elongations, exaltations and which planets aspect its configurations’
length time interval
of day
Adice nunc quod, si causa illis flatus esset spatium diei ac longitudo, et ante solstitium flarent, cum longissimi dies sunt et cum maxime nives tabescunt.
‘Add now the fact that if the cause of their blowing were the lengthened space of the day, they would also blow before the solstice when days are longest and when snows are mostly melted.’
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). longitudo (Lemma #1162). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1162/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). longitudo (Lemma #1162). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1162/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). longitudo (Lemma #1162). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1162/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) longitudo (Lemma #1162), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1162/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX
@misc{zodiac1162,
note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
year = {2024},
title = {longitudo ({Lemma} #1162)},
url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1162/},
howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1162/},
}