aspicio

Latin verb

Last edited: 2023-12-01
Primary meaning to be in aspect
Literal translation to look at
Variants
aspicio
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to be in aspect astrological concept

Quodsi simul Mercurium ac Venerem collocates malignum sidus Martis aspexerit, faciles nuptias sed cum quadam infamia ac nota decernunt.

‘If Mercury and Venus are in conjunction and the malefic planet Mars aspects them, they decree easy but scandalous marriages’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 6.26.3

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. 2.130

See also

〈intueor〉 ‘to be in aspect with’

〈video〉 ‘to be in aspect’

〈testimonium perhibeo〉 ‘to be in aspect’

〈radiatione pulsor〉 ‘to be in aspect’

〈coniungo〉 ‘to be in aspect with’

〈respicio〉 ‘to be in aspect’

〈excipio〉 ‘to be approached by, have another planet come into aspect’

〈ἐπιβλέπω〉 epiblepō ‘to be in aspect with’

〈βλέπω〉 blepō ‘to be in aspect with’

〈𓍇𓏌𓅱𓁹〉 nw ‘to be in aspect with’

〈θεωρέω〉 theōreō ‘to observe’

〈radiatione percutio〉 ‘to be in aspect’

〈radiatione convenio〉 ‘to be in aspect’

〈testimonium commodo〉 ‘to be in favorable aspect’

〈radiis orno〉 ‘to be in favorable aspect’

〈radio〉 ‘to be in aspect’

〈attestor〉 ‘to be in aspect’

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). aspicio (Lemma #1340). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1340/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). aspicio (Lemma #1340). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1340/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). aspicio (Lemma #1340). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1340/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) aspicio (Lemma #1340), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1340/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1340,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {aspicio ({Lemma} #1340)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1340/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1340/},
}