〈enneadicus〉 ‘divisible by nine’
〈androclas〉 ‘the 63rd year’
ebdomadicus
Latin adjective
quoted from Greek
| Primary meaning | divisible by seven |
|---|---|
| Literal translation | seventh |
| Variants | ebdomadicus ebdomaticus Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 5.3.3 |
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divisible by seven astrological concept, mathematical property
Si enim septeni et noveni anni, qui ebdomadici a Graecis et enneadici appellantur, gravia pericula hominibus semper indicunt, quid faciet LXIII. annus, qui utriusque numeri multiplicatam [...] perficit [...]?
‘For if every seventh and ninth year, which are called ἐβδομαδικός by the Greeks and ἐννεαδικός, always indicate grave danger for humans, what will the 63rd year do, which is both numbers multiplied?’
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). ebdomadicus (Lemma #1176). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1176/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). ebdomadicus (Lemma #1176). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1176/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). ebdomadicus (Lemma #1176). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1176/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) ebdomadicus (Lemma #1176), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1176/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX
@misc{zodiac1176,
note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
year = {2023},
title = {ebdomadicus ({Lemma} #1176)},
url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1176/},
howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1176/},
}