myriogenesis

Latin noun
loaned from Greek

Last edited: 2023-12-12
Primary meaning myriogenesis
Literal translation multiple generation
Variants
myriogenesis
Edited by
myriogenesis astrological concept

astrological interpretation of minutes (instead of degrees or signs)

Quicquid enim Myriogenesis de singulis minutis pronuntiat, hoc nos de singulis faciemus partibus.

‘For whatever the Myriogenesis says about the single minutes, we shall say about individual degrees.’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 8.18.1

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. 2.315

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). myriogenesis (Lemma #1450). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1450/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). myriogenesis (Lemma #1450). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1450/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). myriogenesis (Lemma #1450). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1450/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) myriogenesis (Lemma #1450), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1450/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1450,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {myriogenesis ({Lemma} #1450)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1450/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1450/},
}