existimationis fama

Latin noun

Last edited: 2023-12-15
Primary meaning lot of rumor and opinion
Literal translation rumor of opinion
Variants
existimationis fama
fama existimationis
Edited by
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: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1389,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {existimationis fama ({Lemma} #1389)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1389/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1389/},
}