consurgo

Latin verb

Last edited: 2023-12-12
Primary meaning to rise
Literal translation to rise up
Variants
consurgo
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to rise astronomical event

In extremis partibus Piscium in laeva parte consurgit Belua quae a Graecis Cetus vocatur.

‘In the last degrees of Pisces on the left side rises the Sea monster which is called κῆτος by the Greeks.’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 8.17.5

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. 2.313


Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). consurgo (Lemma #1499). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1499/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). consurgo (Lemma #1499). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1499/

MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). consurgo (Lemma #1499). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1499/

Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) consurgo (Lemma #1499), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1499/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac1499,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {consurgo ({Lemma} #1499)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1499/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1499/},
}