myriogenesis

Latin · noun
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2023-12-12
Meanings
Literal translation
multiple generation
Categories
astrological concept

1. myriogenesis

1.a 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

Cite this entry
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: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1450,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {myriogenesis ({Lemma} #1450)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1450/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1450/},
}