possideo

Latin verb

Last edited: 2023-12-12
Primary meaning to be located
Literal translation to possess
Variants
possideo
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to be located verb of position

Si Sol et Luna feminini generis possederint signa, <et> horoscopus in feminino signo fuerit inventus, et in horoscope sit Mercurius positus partiliter, manibus suis naturam suam amputare coguntur.

‘If the Sun, Moon and ascendant are in feminine signs and Mercury is exact on the ascendant, the natives are forced to amputate their genitals with their own hands.’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 6.30.18

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. 2.145

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). possideo (Lemma #1352). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1352/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). possideo (Lemma #1352). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1352/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). possideo (Lemma #1352). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1352/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) possideo (Lemma #1352), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1352/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1352,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {possideo ({Lemma} #1352)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1352/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1352/},
}