disputatio

Latin noun

Last edited: 2023-12-12
Primary meaning computation
Literal translation computing
Variants
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computation astrological concept

partiliter vero locus Fortunae ista ratione colligitur, quam tu sequi in omni disputatione debebis.

‘the exact location of the Lot of Fortune is found in this manner which you must follow in every computation [of a nativity]’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 4.17.2

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. 1.238


Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). disputatio (Lemma #1165). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1165/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). disputatio (Lemma #1165). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1165/

MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). disputatio (Lemma #1165). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1165/

Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) disputatio (Lemma #1165), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1165/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac1165,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {disputatio ({Lemma} #1165)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1165/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1165/},
}