ad numerum addo

Latin verb

Last edited: 2023-12-15
Primary meaning to be in direct motion
Literal translation to add to the number
Variants
addo ad numerum
ad numerum addo
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to be in direct motion astronomical event

sed haec maiora efficiuntur, si Mars addat ad numerum.

‘but these larger effects are indicated if Mars is direct’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 4.16.11

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. 1.237

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). ad numerum addo (Lemma #1164). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1164/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). ad numerum addo (Lemma #1164). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1164/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). ad numerum addo (Lemma #1164). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1164/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) ad numerum addo (Lemma #1164), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1164/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1164,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {ad numerum addo ({Lemma} #1164)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1164/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1164/},
}