divisus

Latin noun

Last edited: 2023-12-12
Primary meaning separated
Literal translation divided
Variants
divisus
Edited by
separated aspect

not in conjunction

Sed et si Lunam simili modo cum Venere in deiectis locis videris aut simul positas aut divisas, aut una in VI. sit ab horoscopo <loco>, alia in XII., matrem dic ancillam.

‘But if you see the Moon in a similar way with Venus in the dejected houses, either together or separately, or one in the sixth house and the other in the twelfth, say that the mother has been a slave.’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 7.6.4

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. 2.226

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). divisus (Lemma #1433). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1433/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). divisus (Lemma #1433). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1433/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). divisus (Lemma #1433). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1433/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) divisus (Lemma #1433), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1433/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1433,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {divisus ({Lemma} #1433)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1433/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1433/},
}