humilitas

Latin · noun
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2025-01-20
Meanings
Literal translation
lowness
Categories
astrological concept
spatial concept
Related Lemmata 6 ›

1. fall

1.a fall astrological concept

Cum enim idem signum in quo locus coniugis fuerit inventus, benivolae stellae possederint, <in> oportunis geniturae locis positae, et nulla humilitate deiectae, et condicionis suae secutae sint potestatem, dabunt uxores gloriosas divites

‘For when the same sign in which the lot of the spouse is found also holds benefic planets, placed in fortunate places of the chart, none being in a falling place, following the power of their condition they will give rich and famous wives’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 6.32.29

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. 2.183

2. lowness

2.a lowness spatial concept

... quanta humilitate luna feratur terram paene contingens

‘... how close the moon comes to the earth, which indeed it almost touches’

— Cicero, De Divinatione 2.43

Genre: philosophy Provenance: Rome Date: 44 BC

Cicero. On Old Age. On Friendship. On Divination. Translated by W. A. Falconer. Loeb Classical Library 154. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1923. 474-475

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). humilitas (Lemma #1374). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1374/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). humilitas (Lemma #1374). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1374/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). humilitas (Lemma #1374). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1374/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2025) humilitas (Lemma #1374), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1374/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1374,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2025},
	title = {humilitas ({Lemma} #1374)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1374/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1374/},
}