computo

Latin verb

Last edited: 2024-03-24
Primary meaning to compute
Literal translation to compute
Variants
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to compute mathematical expression, mathematical operation

Si matris locum partili volueris ratione colligere, et sit diurna genitura, a parte Veneris inchoans et per sequentia signa pergens, omnes partes usque ad Lunae conputes partem

‘If you want to exactly calculate the lot of the mother in a day-chart, count the degrees beginning with the degree of Venus going through the following signs up until the degree of the Moon’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 6.32.21

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. 2.180


Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). computo (Lemma #1370). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1370/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). computo (Lemma #1370). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1370/

MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). computo (Lemma #1370). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1370/

Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) computo (Lemma #1370), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1370/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac1370,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {computo ({Lemma} #1370)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1370/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1370/},
}