separo

Latin verb

Last edited: 2023-12-12
Primary meaning to separate
Literal translation to separate
Variants
separo
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to separate astronomical event

et si hanc eandem partem id est horoscopum Sol et Luna qualibet radiatione viderint, Mars vero <et> Saturnus ab horoscopi parte malignos potestatis suae radios separarint, prospere natus prosperius nutrietur.

‘and when Sun and Moon aspect the very degree, i. e. the ascendant, but Mars and Saturn separate the malefic rays of their power [from them], the native will be born and brought up in good fortune’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 6.29.5

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. 2.134

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). separo (Lemma #1346). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1346/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). separo (Lemma #1346). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1346/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). separo (Lemma #1346). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1346/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) separo (Lemma #1346), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1346/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1346,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {separo ({Lemma} #1346)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1346/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1346/},
}