aateac

Latin noun
loaned from Egyptian

Last edited: 2025-10-07
Primary meaning 16°–20° Pisces
Variants
aateac
aaceac
a aceas
Edited by
16°–20° Pisces decan

In Piscium signo quae sint partes plenae, quae vacuae, hoc demonstratur exemplo; sunt autem plenae partes XIII, vacuae XVII. I locus partes VI vacuus II locus partes VI Acha [idest atapiac] III locus partes III vacuus IV locus partes V Tepibui [idest aateac] V locus partes VI vacuus VI locus partes II Uiu [idest aatexbui] VII locus partes II vacuus.

‘In the sign of Pisces there are some full and some empty degrees. This is shown by example. There are 13° full and 17° empty. 1. 6° empty 2. 6° Acha [i.e. Atapiac] 3. 3° empty 4. 5° Tepibui [i.e. Aateac] 5. 6° empty 6. 2° Uiu [i.e. Aatexbui] 7. 2° empty’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 4.22.19

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

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). aateac (Lemma #1236). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1236/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). aateac (Lemma #1236). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1236/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). aateac (Lemma #1236). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1236/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2025) aateac (Lemma #1236), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1236/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1236,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2025},
	title = {aateac ({Lemma} #1236)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1236/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1236/},
}