atepiten

Latin · noun

variants atepicen , atapicen

Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2024-11-11

Meanings

1. 23°–28° Libra

1.a 23°–28° Libra decan

numbers are corrupted and may be off 1°

In Librae signo quae sint partes plenae, quae vacuae, hoc demonstratur exemplo. Sunt autem partes plenae XIX, vacuae XII [sic!]. I locus partes V Seuichut [idest apoyc] II locus partes VI vacuus III locus partes VIII Sepisent [idest atebenus] IV locus partes III vacuus V locus partes VI Senta [idest atepiten] VI locus partes III vacuus.

‘In the sign of Libra there are some empty degrees and some full ones. This will be shown by example. There are 19° full and 12° empty [sic!]. 1. 5° Seuichut [i.e. Apoyc] 2. 6° empty 3. 8° Sepisent [i.e. Atebenus] 4. 3° empty 5. 6° Senta [i.e. Atepiten] 6. 3° empty’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 4.22.14

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. 1.268-269

Cite this entry

APA (7th)

Meinhardt, K. (2024). atepiten (Lemma #1215). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1215/

Chicago (Author-Date)

Meinhardt, K. (2024). atepiten (Lemma #1215). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1215/

MLA (9th)

Meinhardt, K. (2024). atepiten (Lemma #1215). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1215/

Harvard

Meinhardt, K. (2024) atepiten (Lemma #1215), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1215/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{zodiac1215,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {atepiten ({Lemma} #1215)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1215/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1215/},
}