summa

Latin · noun
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2023-12-12
Meanings
Literal translation
sum
Categories
mathematical term
Related Lemmata 6 ›

1. sum

1.a sum mathematical term

et omnium partium summa collecta, ab horoscope inchoans totas partes sequentibus divides signis

‘and when the sum of all degrees is collected, divide all degrees by the following signs, starting from the ascendant’

— 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

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). summa (Lemma #1371). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1371/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). summa (Lemma #1371). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1371/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). summa (Lemma #1371). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1371/
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Meinhardt, K. (2023) summa (Lemma #1371), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1371/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1371,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {summa ({Lemma} #1371)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1371/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1371/},
}