circulus cursus

Latin · noun
variants circulus cursus (sui) , cursus (sui) circulus
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2024-02-05
Meanings
Literal translation
circle of the course
Categories
astronomical term
Related Lemmata 7 ›

1. orbit

1.a 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

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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: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1244,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {circulus cursus ({Lemma} #1244)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1244/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1244/},
}