medius

Latin adjective

Last edited: 2024-04-02
Primary meaning standing in the middle
Literal translation standing in the middle
Variants
medius
Edited by
standing in the middle expression of relative position

Si Luna et Sol synodica fuerint radiatione coniuncti, et in eodem signo inter Solem et Lunam Mars medius fuerit inventus, et eos de quadrato Saturnus respiciat [...], qui sic habuerint stellas, vitiosis oppressi humoribus interibunt

‘If Moon and Sun are in conjunction (by sign) and Mars is located in the same sign between them while Saturn stands in square aspect to them—he who has the planets configured as such will die oppressed by malignant humors’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 6.29.15

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. 2.136-137

medio cum luna implebitur orbe

‘When in mid-course the Moon is full’

— Manilius, Astronomica 1.469

Genre: astrological treatise

Manilius. Astronomica. Edited and translated by G. P. Goold. Loeb Classical Library 469. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1977. 40-41

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). medius (Lemma #1350). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1350/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). medius (Lemma #1350). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1350/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). medius (Lemma #1350). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1350/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) medius (Lemma #1350), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1350/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1350,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {medius ({Lemma} #1350)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1350/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1350/},
}