calor

Latin noun

Last edited: 2023-12-10
Primary meaning heat
Literal translation heat
Variants
calor
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heat astrological concept

associated with Mars

Martis enim inconsulta temeritas et ardoris inprobitas et inflammati caloris ardor inpatiens coniuncto sibi Saturni frigore temperatur,

‘The association with Saturn reduces the unthinking rashness and impatient ardor of Mars and blunts it with Saturn's coldness’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 6.22.5

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. 2.115

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). calor (Lemma #1334). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1334/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). calor (Lemma #1334). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1334/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). calor (Lemma #1334). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1334/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) calor (Lemma #1334), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1334/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1334,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {calor ({Lemma} #1334)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1334/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1334/},
}