salutaris

Latin adjective

Last edited: 2023-12-12
Primary meaning benefic
Literal translation healthful
Variants
salutaris
Edited by
benefic astrological concept

Quodsi ab his benivolarum stellarum recesserit radius, et ab omni salutarium siderum fuerint testimonio destituti, tunc matrem inhonesta corporis turpitudo dedecorat

‘If the of the benefic recedes from them and they are unaspected by all benefic planets, then shameful ugliness disgraces the mother's body’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 6.15.20

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. 2.106

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). salutaris (Lemma #1327). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1327/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). salutaris (Lemma #1327). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1327/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). salutaris (Lemma #1327). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1327/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) salutaris (Lemma #1327), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1327/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1327,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {salutaris ({Lemma} #1327)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1327/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1327/},
}