astrum

Latin noun

Last edited: 2024-09-23
Primary meaning constellation
Literal translation star
Variants
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constellation constellation

Hoc astro [= Auriga] Oriente et Salmoneus et Bellorofontes nati esse narrantur.

‘It is told that both Salmoneus and Bellerophon were born as this constellation was rising.’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 8.6.3

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. 2.296


zodiac sign astral concept

summum igitur caelum bis bina refugit ab imo astra, bis e senis ut sit pars tertia signis.

‘Therefore the highest point of heaven is twice two signs distant from the lowest, a distance, that is, of one third of the twelve signs.’

— Manilius, Astronomica 1.548 f

Genre: astrological treatise

Manilius. Astronomica. Edited and translated by G. P. Goold. Loeb Classical Library 469. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1977. 46-47


planet celestial object

hunc penes arbitrium vitae est, hic regula morum, fortunamque dabit rebus, ducetque per artes, qualiaque excipiant nascentis tempora prima, quos capiant cultus, quali sint sede creati, utcumque admixtis subscribent viribus astra.

‘Within its domain lies the arbitrament of life and the formation of character; it will grant success to enterprises, open up the professions, and decide the early years that await men from their birth, the education they receive, and the station to which they are born, according as the planets approve and mingle their influences.’

— Manilius, Astronomica 2.832 ff

Genre: astrological treatise

Manilius. Astronomica. Edited and translated by G. P. Goold. Loeb Classical Library 469. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1977. 148-149


Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). astrum (Lemma #1467). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1467/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). astrum (Lemma #1467). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1467/

MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). astrum (Lemma #1467). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1467/

Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) astrum (Lemma #1467), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1467/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac1467,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {astrum ({Lemma} #1467)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1467/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1467/},
}