locus militae

Latin noun

Last edited: 2024-08-13
Primary meaning lot of warfare
Literal translation place of warfare
Variants
locus militae
militae locus
Edited by
lot of warfare astrological lot

Si militiae locum partili volueris ratione colligere, a Marte semper conputabis ad Solem,

‘If you want to find the lot of warfare by degrees always count from Mars up to the sun’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 6.32.48

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. 2.188

post hinc militiae locus est, qua quidquid in armis quodque peregrinas inter versantibus urbes accidere assuevit titulo comprenditur uno.

‘Thereafter follows the abode of warfare, where under a single title is comprised whatever is likely to happen in war or befall those that are busied in foreign cities.’

— Manilius, Astronomica 3.102 ff

Genre: astrological treatise

Manilius. Astronomica. Edited and translated by G. P. Goold. Loeb Classical Library 469. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1977. 170-171

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). locus militae (Lemma #1387). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1387/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). locus militae (Lemma #1387). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1387/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). locus militae (Lemma #1387). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1387/
Harvard
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BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1387,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {locus militae ({Lemma} #1387)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1387/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1387/},
}