pars nonagesima

Latin noun
calqued from Greek

Last edited: 2023-12-12
Primary meaning the 90th degree
Literal translation the 90th degree
Variants
pars nonagesima
nonagesima pars
Edited by
the 90th degree astrological concept

astrological interpretation of the 90th degree from the ascendant

Illud etiam addemus, quae partes in quibus signorum corporibus requirantur, quid etiam nonagesima pars operetur quae a Grraecis enenecontameris dicitur

‘We shall also explain the measurement of the degrees and add which degrees are to be seen in the bodies of the signs; also what the 90th degree signifies, the one which the Greeks call enenecontameris.’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 8.1.10

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. 2.283-284

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). pars nonagesima (Lemma #1451). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1451/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). pars nonagesima (Lemma #1451). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1451/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). pars nonagesima (Lemma #1451). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1451/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) pars nonagesima (Lemma #1451), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1451/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1451,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {pars nonagesima ({Lemma} #1451)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1451/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1451/},
}