circumeo

Latin verb

Last edited: 2023-12-12
Primary meaning to move around
Literal translation to go around
Variants
circumeo
Edited by
to move around verb of 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

Cite this entry
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: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1252,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {circumeo ({Lemma} #1252)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1252/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1252/},
}