afut

Latin noun
loaned from Egyptian

Last edited: 2025-10-07
Primary meaning 24°–27° Virgo
Variants
afut
asuth
Edited by
24°–27° Virgo decan

In Virginis signo quae sint partes plenae, quae vacuae, hoc demonstramus exemplo. Sunt autem plenae partes XIV, vacuae partes XVI. I locus partes V vacuus II locus partes IV Thumis [idest aphonc] III locus partes II vacuus IV locus partes VI Tophicus V locus partes VI vacuus VI locus partes IV Afut VII locus partes III vacuus.

‘In the sign of Virgo there are some full degrees and some empty. This we show by example. There are 14° full and 16° empty. 1. 5° empty 2. 4° Thumis [i.e. Aphonc] 3. 2° empty 4. 6° Tophicus 5. 6° empty 6. 4° Afut 7. 3° empty’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 4.22.13

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). afut (Lemma #1209). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1209/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). afut (Lemma #1209). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1209/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). afut (Lemma #1209). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1209/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2025) afut (Lemma #1209), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1209/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1209,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2025},
	title = {afut ({Lemma} #1209)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1209/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1209/},
}