limpidus

Latin adjective

Last edited: 2023-12-12
Primary meaning bright
Literal translation bright
Variants
limpidus
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bright adjective, term of visual perception

In Leonis parte II. stella limpida invenitur.

‘A bright star is found at 2° Leo.’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 8.31.4

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. 2.357


Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). limpidus (Lemma #1539). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1539/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). limpidus (Lemma #1539). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1539/

MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). limpidus (Lemma #1539). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1539/

Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) limpidus (Lemma #1539), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1539/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac1539,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {limpidus ({Lemma} #1539)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1539/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1539/},
}