divido

Latin · verb
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2023-12-12
Meanings
Literal translation
to divide
Categories
mathematical operation
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1. to divide

1.a to divide mathematical operation

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). divido (Lemma #1372). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1372/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). divido (Lemma #1372). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1372/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). divido (Lemma #1372). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1372/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) divido (Lemma #1372), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1372/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1372,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {divido ({Lemma} #1372)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1372/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1372/},
}