splendidus

Latin adjective

Last edited: 2023-12-12
Primary meaning bright
Literal translation bright
Variants
splendidus
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bright adjective

Sed antequam ad explicationem mixturarum sermo noster accedat, pauca tibi de splendidarum stellarum dicam

‘But before we come to speak about configurations of planets, I want to tell you something about the bright stars’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 6.1.10

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. 2.69


Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). splendidus (Lemma #1313). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1313/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). splendidus (Lemma #1313). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1313/

MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). splendidus (Lemma #1313). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1313/

Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) splendidus (Lemma #1313), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1313/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac1313,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {splendidus ({Lemma} #1313)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1313/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1313/},
}