parodicus

Latin adjective
loaned from Greek

Last edited: 2023-12-12
Primary meaning having completed a revolution
Literal translation belonging to a rotation
Variants
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having completed a revolution astronomical event

Sed tunc decernit uxorem, cum parodicus Saturnus (id est temporalis) aut Lunam de quadrato viderit, aut Sol ipsum de Leone vel Sagittario trigonica radiatione respexerit.

‘But then he indicates the wife when Saturn having completed a full return (i. e. temporal) aspects either the Moon in a square or the Sun in a trine from Leo or Sagittarius.’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 5.3.3

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. 2.28


Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). parodicus (Lemma #1245). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1245/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). parodicus (Lemma #1245). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1245/

MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). parodicus (Lemma #1245). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1245/

Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) parodicus (Lemma #1245), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1245/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac1245,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {parodicus ({Lemma} #1245)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1245/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1245/},
}