romanae

Latin · noun

Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2025-10-07

Meanings

1. 26°–30° Taurus

1.a 26°–30° Taurus decan

In Tauri signo quae sint partes plenae, quae vacuae, hoc demonstratur exemplo. Sunt autem in Tauro plenae partes XX, vacuae partes X. I locus partes III vacuus II locus partes VII Suo [idest asicat] III locus partes II vacuus IV locus partes VIII Aryo [idest ason/asou] V locus partes V vacuus VI locus partes V Romanae [idest aarfi/arfa]

‘In the sign of Taurus, some degrees are full, some are empty. This will be shown by example. But in Taurus there are 20° full and 10° empty. 1. 3° empty 2. 7° Suo [i.e. Asicat] 3. 2° empty 4. 8° Aryo [i.e. Ason/Asou] 5. 5° empty 6. 5° Romanae [i.e. Aarfi/Arfa]’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 4.22.9

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. 1.267

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APA (7th)

Meinhardt, K. (2025). romanae (Lemma #1190). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1190/

Chicago (Author-Date)

Meinhardt, K. (2025). romanae (Lemma #1190). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1190/

MLA (9th)

Meinhardt, K. (2025). romanae (Lemma #1190). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1190/

Harvard

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BibTeX

@misc{zodiac1190,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2025},
	title = {romanae ({Lemma} #1190)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1190/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1190/},
}