humilis

Latin adjective

Last edited: 2023-12-12
Primary meaning low
Literal translation low
Variants
humilis
Edited by
low expression of relative position

Si in parte Aquarii humiliter Saturnus aut Luna constituatur aut Mars, et hanc eandem partem de diametro Saturnus aspiciat, filios faciet a parentibus separari.

‘If Saturn or the Moon or Mars are located low in a degree of Aquarius and Saturn stands in exact opposition to this degree, it indicates that children are separated from their parents’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 6.31.87

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. 2.172

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). humilis (Lemma #1337). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1337/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). humilis (Lemma #1337). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1337/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). humilis (Lemma #1337). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1337/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) humilis (Lemma #1337), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1337/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1337,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {humilis ({Lemma} #1337)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1337/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1337/},
}