volvo

Latin · verb
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2023-12-12
Meanings
Literal translation
to turn
Categories
motion
Related Lemmata 12 ›

1. to turn

1.a to turn motion

In horum signorum lateribus aliae adhaerent stellae, sed quae numquam erratico cursu assignata sibimet deserant loca, sed tradita sibi spatia possidentes, currente mundo inmutabili semper agitatione volvuntur.

‘To the sides of these signs cling other stars. But they never desert their own path in an erratic course but hold space assigned to them and turn always with the immutable revolution of the universe.’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 8.6.2

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. 2.294-295

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). volvo (Lemma #1459). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1459/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). volvo (Lemma #1459). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1459/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). volvo (Lemma #1459). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1459/
Harvard
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BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1459,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {volvo ({Lemma} #1459)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1459/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1459/},
}