synafa

Latin · noun
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2023-12-12
Meanings
Literal translation
connexion
Categories
astronomical event
astrological concept
Related Lemmata 3 ›

1. movement into conjunction

1.a movement into conjunction astronomical event, astrological concept

Nunc illud tibi intimare debemus, qua ratione partiliter defluat Luna, qua etiam ratione iungatur, quas Graeci synafas aporroicas vocant.

‘Now we need to show you why exactly the Moon separates and for which reason it is joined [to other planets]—which the Greeks call συναφή and ἀπορροική.’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 4.25.1

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. 1.277

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). synafa (Lemma #1240). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1240/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). synafa (Lemma #1240). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1240/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). synafa (Lemma #1240). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1240/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) synafa (Lemma #1240), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1240/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1240,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {synafa ({Lemma} #1240)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1240/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1240/},
}