locus basis

Latin noun

Last edited: 2024-10-21
Primary meaning lot of basis
Literal translation place of basis
Variants
locus basis
basis locus
basis
Edited by
lot of basis astrological lot

basis nocte a fortuna ad genium.

‘[The lot of] basis [can be calculated by adding to the ascendant the amount of degrees] at night from the lot of fortune until the lot of the daemon’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 6.32.56

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. 2.189

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). locus basis (Lemma #1708). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1708/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). locus basis (Lemma #1708). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1708/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). locus basis (Lemma #1708). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1708/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) locus basis (Lemma #1708), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1708/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1708,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {locus basis ({Lemma} #1708)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1708/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1708/},
}