deputo

Latin verb

Last edited: 2023-12-12
Primary meaning to allot
Literal translation to allot
Variants
deputo
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to allot astrological concept

a timespan to a subordinate time lord

Si Iuppiter temporum dominus fuerit effectus, ex decennio suo deputat Saturno XXX menses.

‘If Jupiter becomes time lord, he allots 30 months of his own ten-year period to Saturn.’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 6.34.4

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. 2.194

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). deputo (Lemma #1404). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1404/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). deputo (Lemma #1404). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1404/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). deputo (Lemma #1404). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1404/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) deputo (Lemma #1404), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1404/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1404,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {deputo ({Lemma} #1404)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1404/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1404/},
}