hora

Latin · noun
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2024-02-13
Meanings
Literal translation
hour
Categories
astrological concept
unit of time
Related Lemmata 13 ›

1. ascendant

1.a ascendant astrological concept

Si Iuppiter in horoscopo partiliter fuerit constitutus, et in diametro Mars positus horam et Iovem partili radiatione respexerit, ceteris stellis nullum his testimonium conmodantibus, mediocris substantiae facultatem decernit ista coniunctio.

‘If Jupiter is on the ascendant and Mars is in exact opposition to the ascendant and to Jupiter while the other planets are not in favorable aspect to them, this configuration decrees mediocre fortune’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 6.29.7

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

2. hour

2.a hour unit of time

Horae sunt quas perdimus. Puta dies esse, puta menses, puta annos; perdimus illos nempe perituros.

‘They are only hours which we lose. Suppose it is a matter of days, months, years; we lose only what is going to be lost anyway.’

— Seneca, Natural Questions 6.32.10

Genre: philosophy Date: 62/63 CE

Seneca. Natural Questions, Volume II: Books 4-7. Translated by Thomas H. Corcoran. Loeb Classical Library 457. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1972. 220-221

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). hora (Lemma #1348). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1348/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). hora (Lemma #1348). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1348/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). hora (Lemma #1348). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1348/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) hora (Lemma #1348), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1348/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1348,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {hora ({Lemma} #1348)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1348/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1348/},
}