platice

Latin adverb
loaned from Greek

Last edited: 2024-10-28
Primary meaning roughly
Literal translation generally
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roughly mathematical term

Sin vero in signis cardinum non partiliter, sed platice fuerint inventi, mediae felicitatis incrementa decernunt.

‘If they are found not exactly but approximately in the angular places, they indicate a moderate increment in fortune.’

— 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. 1.241

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). platice (Lemma #1169). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1169/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). platice (Lemma #1169). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1169/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). platice (Lemma #1169). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1169/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) platice (Lemma #1169), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1169/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1169,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {platice ({Lemma} #1169)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1169/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1169/},
}