locus honorum

Latin noun

Last edited: 2023-12-12
Primary meaning lot of honors
Literal translation place of honors
Variants
locus honorum
honorum locus
Edited by
lot of honors astrological lot

Si honorum locum partili volueris ratione colligere, <a> IX. semper conputabis ad Solem,

‘If you want to find the lot of honors exact by degrees, count from the 9th place up to the sun’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 6.32.47

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. 2.187

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). locus honorum (Lemma #1386). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1386/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). locus honorum (Lemma #1386). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1386/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). locus honorum (Lemma #1386). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1386/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) locus honorum (Lemma #1386), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1386/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1386,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {locus honorum ({Lemma} #1386)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1386/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1386/},
}