circumeo

Latin · verb
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2023-12-12
Meanings
Literal translation
to go around
Categories
motion
Related Lemmata 5 ›

1. to move around

1.a to move around 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

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). circumeo (Lemma #1252). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1252/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). circumeo (Lemma #1252). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1252/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). circumeo (Lemma #1252). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1252/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) circumeo (Lemma #1252), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1252/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1252,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {circumeo ({Lemma} #1252)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1252/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1252/},
}