aporroica

Latin noun
quoted from Greek

Last edited: 2023-12-01
Primary meaning separation
Literal translation flowing away
Variants
aporroica
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separation astronomical event, astrological concept

of planets after conjunction

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). aporroica (Lemma #1241). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1241/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). aporroica (Lemma #1241). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1241/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). aporroica (Lemma #1241). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1241/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) aporroica (Lemma #1241), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1241/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1241,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {aporroica ({Lemma} #1241)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1241/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1241/},
}