cursus rectus

Latin · noun
variant rectus cursus
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2024-08-13
Meanings
Literal translation
direct course
Categories
planetary motion
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1. direct motion

1.a direct motion planetary motion

ex ipso actu magnae gloriae nomen accipit, praesertim si recto cursu pergentes benivolae stellae, quae testimonium perhibent, in matutino ortu fuerint inventae.

‘from this very act he earns the name of great glory, especially if the benefics are found in direct motion aspecting him and rising in the morning’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 4.21.7

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. 1.262

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). cursus rectus (Lemma #1178). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1178/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). cursus rectus (Lemma #1178). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1178/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). cursus rectus (Lemma #1178). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1178/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) cursus rectus (Lemma #1178), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1178/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1178,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {cursus rectus ({Lemma} #1178)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1178/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1178/},
}