existimationis fama

Latin · noun
variant fama existimationis
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2023-12-15
Meanings
Literal translation
rumor of opinion
Categories
astrological lot

1. lot of rumor and opinion

1.a lot of rumor and opinion astrological lot

Si existimationis famam partili volueris ratione colligere, a Sole usque ad MC. conputabis

‘If you want to find the degree of the lot of opionion and rumors, you will count from the Sun to the MC’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 6.32.50

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

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). existimationis fama (Lemma #1389). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1389/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). existimationis fama (Lemma #1389). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1389/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). existimationis fama (Lemma #1389). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1389/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) existimationis fama (Lemma #1389), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1389/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1389,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {existimationis fama ({Lemma} #1389)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1389/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1389/},
}