transeo

Latin verb

Last edited: 2024-02-14
Primary meaning to move across
Literal translation to go across
Variants
transeo
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to move across verb of motion, astrological event

Sed tamdiu laboris et infelicitatis oneribus deprimetur, quamdiu Saturnus Cancrum Libram Arietem et eorum quadrata transiverit.

‘But he will be depressed by the burdens of work and ill fortune as long as Saturn transits Cancer, Libra, and Aries and their squares.’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 5.3.10

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. 2.31

Huic videtur plurimum virium habere ad omnes sublimium motus stella Saturni. Haec, cum proxima signa Marti premit aut in lunae viciniam transit aut in solis incidit radios, natura ventosa et frigida contrahit pluribus locis aera conglobatque; deinde, si radios solis assumpsit, tonat fulguratque; si Martem 3quoque consentientem habet, fulminat.

‘The planet Saturn seems to Epigenes to exert the greatest power on all the motions of the celestial bodies. When it presses upon the constellation closest to Mars or passes into the moon’s vicinity or encounters the rays of the sun, since it is windy and cold by nature, it attracts and collects air in many places. Then, if Saturn absorbs the rays of the sun there is thunder and lightning flashes. If it also has Mars in conjunction there are lightning bolts.’

— Seneca, Natural Questions 7.4.2

Genre: philosophy
Date: 62/63 CE

Seneca. Natural Questions, Volume II: Books 4-7. Translated by Thomas H. Corcoran. Loeb Classical Library 457. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1972. 234-235

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). transeo (Lemma #1248). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1248/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). transeo (Lemma #1248). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1248/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). transeo (Lemma #1248). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1248/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) transeo (Lemma #1248), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1248/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1248,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {transeo ({Lemma} #1248)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1248/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1248/},
}