reverto

Latin · verb
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2023-12-12
Meanings
Literal translation
to revert
Categories
astronomical event
motion
Related Lemmata 3 ›

1. to return

1.a to return astronomical event, 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

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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: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1254,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {reverto ({Lemma} #1254)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1254/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1254/},
}