ebdomadicus

Latin · adjective
variant ebdomaticus
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2023-12-12
Meanings
Literal translation
seventh
Categories
astrological concept
mathematical property
Related Lemmata 2 ›

1. divisible by seven

1.a 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?’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 4.20.3

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. 1.258-259

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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: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1176,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {ebdomadicus ({Lemma} #1176)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1176/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1176/},
}