defero

Latin · verb
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2023-12-12
Meanings
Literal translation
to allot
Categories
astrological concept
Related Lemmata 5 ›

1. to allot

1.a to allot astrological concept

a timespan to a time lord

Cum Iovi X anni et IX menses delati fuerint, ipse sibi primus ex omni hoc tempore XII vindicat menses.

‘When ten years and nine months are allotted to Jupiter, he himself takes twelve months.’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 6.34.3

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. 2.193

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). defero (Lemma #1403). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1403/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). defero (Lemma #1403). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1403/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). defero (Lemma #1403). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1403/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) defero (Lemma #1403), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1403/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1403,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {defero ({Lemma} #1403)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1403/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1403/},
}