terra librae

Latin noun

Last edited: 2024-07-01
Primary meaning ground (under the bearer of) the Scales
Literal translation ground of the scales
Variants
terra librae
librae terra
Edited by
ground (under the bearer of) the Scales animal part

29°–30° Libra

Cetera in numeris ad XXX. collocantur. In istis partibus id est in posterioribus terra dicitur esse conposita.

‘The rest is located in the degrees up until 30. In these degrees, i. e. in the latter ones, it is said that the ground is located.’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 8.4.7

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. 2.290-291

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). terra librae (Lemma #1693). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1693/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). terra librae (Lemma #1693). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1693/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). terra librae (Lemma #1693). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1693/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) terra librae (Lemma #1693), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1693/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
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@misc{zodiac1693,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {terra librae ({Lemma} #1693)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1693/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1693/},
}