agrestis

Latin · adjective
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2025-10-07
Meanings
Literal translation
rural
Categories
astrological concept
zodiac sign quality
Related Lemmata 3 ›

1. rural

1.a 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: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1349,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2025},
	title = {agrestis ({Lemma} #1349)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1349/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1349/},
}