opitulor

Latin · verb

Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2023-12-12

Meanings

Literal translation

to bring help

1. to be in favorable aspect

1.a to be in favorable aspect astrological concept

Si vero opitulante benivola stella et sie sicut diximus posita, dominus eius signi in quo est benivola stella collocata cum malivolis stellis vel cum Sole fuerit inventus, in praecedenti scilicet deiectione qua diximus, infortunia praedicta circa patrem vel matrem fortius convalescunt

‘But if, with a helpful benefic planet located as we said, the ruler of the sign in which the benefic planet is found is with malefic planets or with the Sun, the aforesaid misfortune of the father and mother will be worse.’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 7.9.6

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. 2.234

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APA (7th)

Meinhardt, K. (2023). opitulor (Lemma #1437). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1437/

Chicago (Author-Date)

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MLA (9th)

Meinhardt, K. (2023). opitulor (Lemma #1437). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1437/

Harvard

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BibTeX

@misc{zodiac1437,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {opitulor ({Lemma} #1437)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1437/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1437/},
}