sic

Latin noun
loaned from Egyptian

Last edited: 2025-10-07
Primary meaning 12°–14° Leo
Literal translation thus
Variants
sic
Edited by
12°–14° Leo decan

In Leonis signo quae sint partes plenae, quae vacuae, hoc demonstramus exemplo. Sunt autem plenae partes XXI, vacuae VIIII. I locus partes VII Craumonis [idest afruicois/afriuocis] II locus partes IV vacuus III locus partes III Sic IV locus partes VI vacuus V locus partes X Futile [idest eisie]

‘In the sign of Leo there are some full degrees and some empty. This we will show by example. And there are 21° full degrees and 9° empty. 1. 7° Craumonis [i.e. Afruicois/Afriuocis] 2. 4° empty 3. 3° Sic 4. 6° empty 5. 10° Futile [i.e. Eisie]’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 4.22.12

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. 1.268

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). sic (Lemma #1203). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1203/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). sic (Lemma #1203). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1203/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). sic (Lemma #1203). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1203/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2025) sic (Lemma #1203), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1203/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1203,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2025},
	title = {sic ({Lemma} #1203)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1203/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1203/},
}