septentrionalis

Latin · adjective
variant septemtrionalis
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2024-02-13
Meanings
Literal translation
belonging to the seven oxen
Categories
cardinal direction
Related Lemmata 6 ›

1. northern

1.a northern cardinal direction

In parte XX. Librae quicumque habuerint horoscopum, in septentrionali scilicet parte, erunt medici famosa artis nobilitate perspicui.

‘Whoever has the ascendant at 20° Libra, i. e. in the northern degree, will be a famous medic, famous for the excellence of their skill.’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 8.25.7

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. 2.334

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). septentrionalis (Lemma #1521). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1521/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). septentrionalis (Lemma #1521). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1521/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). septentrionalis (Lemma #1521). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1521/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) septentrionalis (Lemma #1521), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1521/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1521,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {septentrionalis ({Lemma} #1521)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1521/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1521/},
}