colligo

Latin verb

Last edited: 2023-12-12
Primary meaning to sum
Literal translation to collect
Variants
colligo
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to sum mathematical operation

In nocturna vero genitura a Venere inchoans ad Saturnum conputabis, et similiter conlectum partium numerum ab horoscopo inchoans divides

‘In a night-chart you will count from Venus to Saturn and similarly divide the summed number of degrees beginning with the ascendant’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 6.31.28

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. 2.182

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). colligo (Lemma #1373). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1373/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). colligo (Lemma #1373). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1373/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). colligo (Lemma #1373). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1373/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) colligo (Lemma #1373), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1373/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1373,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {colligo ({Lemma} #1373)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1373/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1373/},
}