agrestis

Latin adjective

Last edited: 2025-10-07
Primary meaning rural
Literal translation rural
Variants
agrestis
Edited by
rural astrological concept, zodiac sign quality

In ferinis enim et in agrestibus constituti signis, ad necem praeparatos ferarum adferunt morsus.

‘Located in animal and rural signs they bring death at the teeth of wild beasts.’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 6.29.11

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. 2.135

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). agrestis (Lemma #1349). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1349/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). agrestis (Lemma #1349). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1349/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). agrestis (Lemma #1349). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1349/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2025) agrestis (Lemma #1349), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1349/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1349,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2025},
	title = {agrestis ({Lemma} #1349)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1349/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1349/},
}