lapsus caeli

Latin · noun
variant caeli lapsus
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2023-12-12
Meanings
Literal translation
gliding of the sky
Categories
astronomical phenomenon
Related Lemmata 6 ›

1. rotation of the sky

1.a rotation of the sky astronomical phenomenon

Hic ille est noster, cuius ingenio fabricata sphaera lapsum caeli et omnium siderum cursus exemplo divinae imitationis ostendit.

‘He is our [fellow citizen Archimedes] whose ingeniously fabricated sphere demonstrates the rotation of the sky and all paths of the planets as an example of divine imitation’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 6.30.26

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. 2.148

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). lapsus caeli (Lemma #1354). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1354/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). lapsus caeli (Lemma #1354). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1354/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). lapsus caeli (Lemma #1354). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1354/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) lapsus caeli (Lemma #1354), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1354/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1354,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {lapsus caeli ({Lemma} #1354)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1354/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1354/},
}