circulus cursus

Latin noun

Last edited: 2024-02-05
Primary meaning orbit
Literal translation circle of the course
Variants
circulus cursus (sui)
cursus (sui) circulus
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orbit astronomical term

cum primum circulum cursus sui Saturnus inpleverit, id est primos XXX annos, paternam et maternam substantiam minuit

‘When Saturn fulfills its first orbit, i. e. in the first 30 years, he decreases the wealth of father and mother’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 5.3.2

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. 2.27


Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). circulus cursus (Lemma #1244). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1244/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). circulus cursus (Lemma #1244). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1244/

MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). circulus cursus (Lemma #1244). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1244/

Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) circulus cursus (Lemma #1244), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1244/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac1244,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {circulus cursus ({Lemma} #1244)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1244/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1244/},
}