generaliter

Latin adverb

Last edited: 2023-12-12
Primary meaning roughly
Literal translation generally
Variants
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roughly mathematical term

Si enim generaliter fuerit inventus in his, in quibus diximus, locis, mediam genituram decernit

‘If it is roughly found in the place we said, it indicates a mediocre nativity’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 4.17.9

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. 1.240-241

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). generaliter (Lemma #1168). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1168/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). generaliter (Lemma #1168). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1168/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). generaliter (Lemma #1168). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1168/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) generaliter (Lemma #1168), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1168/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1168,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {generaliter ({Lemma} #1168)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1168/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1168/},
}