〈cursus〉 ‘path’
〈οὐρανός〉 ouranos ‘sky’
〈caelum〉 ‘sky’
〈—〉 p.t ‘sky’
〈AN〉 šamû ‘sky’
〈περιστροφή〉 peristrophē ‘rotation’
lapsus caeli
Latin noun
Last edited: 2023-12-12| Primary meaning | rotation of the sky |
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| Literal translation | gliding of the sky |
| Variants | lapsus caeli caeli lapsus |
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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’
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: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX
@misc{zodiac1354,
note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
year = {2023},
title = {lapsus caeli ({Lemma} #1354)},
url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1354/},
howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1354/},
}