synafa

Latin noun
quoted from Greek

Last edited: 2023-12-12
Primary meaning movement into conjunction
Literal translation connexion
Variants
synafa
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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: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1240,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {synafa ({Lemma} #1240)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1240/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1240/},
}