tepis

Latin · noun

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

Meanings

1. 18°–23° Gemini

1.a 18°–23° Gemini decan

In Geminorum signo quae sint partes plenae, quae vacuae, hoc demonstratur exemplo. Sunt autem in Geminis plenae partes XVIII, vacuae XII. I locus partes VII Thesogar [idest byy] II locus partes II vacuus III locus partes V Ver [idest asuae/asra] IV locus partes III vacuus V locus partes VI Tepis [idest acosoae/atosoae] VI locus partes VII vacuus.

‘In the sign of Gemini some degrees are full, some empty. This will be shown by example. But in Gemini there are 18° full and 12° empty. 1. 7° Thesogar [i.e. Byy] 2. 2° empty 3. 5° Ver [i.e. Asuae/Asra] 4. 3° empty 5. 6° Tepis [i.e. Acosoae/Atosoae] 6. 7° empty’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 4.22.10

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

2. 23°–30° Aquarius

2.a 23°–30° Aquarius decan

In Aquarii signo quae sint partes plenae, quae vacuae, hoc demonstratur exemplo. Sunt autem plenae partes XVIIII, vacuae XI. I locus partes IV vacuus II locus partes V Oro [idest asoer] III locus partes IV vacuus IV locus partes VI Cratero [idest astiro] V locus partes III vacuus VI locus partes VIII Tepis [idest amasiero/amapero].

‘In the sign of Aquarius there are some full and some empty degrees. This is shown by example. There are 19° full and 11° empty. 1. 4° empty 2. 5° Oro [i.e. Asoer] 3. 4° empty 4. 6° Cratero [i.e. Astiro] 5. 3° empty 6. 8° Tepis [i.e. Amasiero/Amapero]’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 4.22.18

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. 1.270

Cite this entry

APA (7th)

Meinhardt, K. (2025). tepis (Lemma #1196). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1196/

Chicago (Author-Date)

Meinhardt, K. (2025). tepis (Lemma #1196). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1196/

MLA (9th)

Meinhardt, K. (2025). tepis (Lemma #1196). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1196/

Harvard

Meinhardt, K. (2025) tepis (Lemma #1196), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1196/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{zodiac1196,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2025},
	title = {tepis ({Lemma} #1196)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1196/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1196/},
}