aterceni

Latin · noun

variants atercem , atelem

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

Meanings

1. 23°–27° Scorpio

1.a 23°–27° Scorpio decan

In Scorpionis signo quae sint partes plenae, quae vacuae, hoc demonstramus exemplo. Sunt autem partes plenae <XVI>, vacuae partes XIV. I locus partes IIΙ vacuus II locus partes V Sentacer [idest acente] III locus partes VI vacuus IV locus partes VI Tepisen [idest asentatir] V locus partes II vacuus VI locus partes V Sentineu [idest aterceni] VII locus partes III vacuus.

‘In the sign of Scorpio there are some full and some empty degrees. This we show by example. There are <16°> full and 14° empty. 1. 3° empty 2. 5° Sentacer [i.e. Acente] 3. 6° empty 4. 6° Tepisen [i.e. Asentatir] 5. 2° empty 6. 5° Sentineu [i.e. Aterceni] 7. 3° empty’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 4.22.15

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. 1.269

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APA (7th)

Meinhardt, K. (2024). aterceni (Lemma #1221). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1221/

Chicago (Author-Date)

Meinhardt, K. (2024). aterceni (Lemma #1221). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1221/

MLA (9th)

Meinhardt, K. (2024). aterceni (Lemma #1221). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1221/

Harvard

Meinhardt, K. (2024) aterceni (Lemma #1221), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1221/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{zodiac1221,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {aterceni ({Lemma} #1221)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1221/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1221/},
}