venio

Latin · verb

Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2024-04-02

Meanings

1. to enter

2. to rise

Literal translation

to come

1. to enter

1.a to enter astrological event, motion

Sed et in Pisces et in Geminos cum circumiens venerit, haec eadem decernit quae in tropicis.

‘But when he—going around—enters Pisces and Gemini, he indicates the same things as he did in the tropical signs.’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 5.3.20

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. 2.35

2. to rise

2.a to rise astronomical event

omnia concordi tractu veniuntque caduntque

‘They all move on a consistent course, coming into view and setting’

— Manilius, Astronomica 1.537

Genre: astrological treatise

Manilius. Astronomica. Edited and translated by G. P. Goold. Loeb Classical Library 469. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1977. 46-47

Cite this entry

APA (7th)

Meinhardt, K. (2024). venio (Lemma #1251). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1251/

Chicago (Author-Date)

Meinhardt, K. (2024). venio (Lemma #1251). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1251/

MLA (9th)

Meinhardt, K. (2024). venio (Lemma #1251). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1251/

Harvard

Meinhardt, K. (2024) venio (Lemma #1251), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1251/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{zodiac1251,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {venio ({Lemma} #1251)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1251/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1251/},
}