pars tropica

Latin · noun
variant tropica pars
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2023-12-12
Meanings
Literal translation
tropical part
Categories
astrological concept
Related Lemmata 8 ›

1. tropic degree

1.a tropic degree astrological concept

0° Cancer, 0° Capricorn

Cum enim in tropicas Cancri venerit partes Saturnus, tunc iacturam patrimonii faciet

‘For when Saturn comes to the tropic degrees of Cancer, he will indicate loss of marriage’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 5.3.15

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. 2.33

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). pars tropica (Lemma #1250). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1250/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). pars tropica (Lemma #1250). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1250/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). pars tropica (Lemma #1250). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1250/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) pars tropica (Lemma #1250), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1250/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1250,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {pars tropica ({Lemma} #1250)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1250/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1250/},
}