reverto

Latin verb

Last edited: 2023-12-12
Primary meaning to return
Literal translation to revert
Variants
reverto
Edited by
to return astronomical event, verb of motion

Sed cum Saturnus ad hoc idem signum id est ad Scorpionem reversus fuerit, erunt fortiores

‘But when Saturn returns to that same sign—i. e. to Scorpio—they will be stronger’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 5.3.39

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. 2.42

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). reverto (Lemma #1254). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1254/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). reverto (Lemma #1254). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1254/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). reverto (Lemma #1254). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1254/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) reverto (Lemma #1254), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1254/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1254,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {reverto ({Lemma} #1254)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1254/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1254/},
}