aversus

Latin · adjective

Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2024-11-11

Meanings

1. unaspected

2. rising hind-first

Literal translation

averse

1. unaspected

1.a unaspected astrological concept

quaedam vero aversa esse ab horoscopo et quodam modo aliena, quae non inmerito pigra diximus

‘these we call averse [unaspected] to the ascendant and in some way alien, which we rightly call dull’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 2.23.1

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. 1.70

2. rising hind-first

2.a rising hind-first spatial concept, zodiac sign quality

of signs, i.e. Taurus, Gemini, Cancer

ne mirere moras, cum sol aversa per astra aestivum tardis attollat mensibus annum.

‘so wonder not at the delay when in tardy months the Sun carries summertide aloft through signs which rise hind-first.’

— Manilius, Astronomica 2.201 f

Genre: astrological treatise

Manilius. Astronomica. Edited and translated by G. P. Goold. Loeb Classical Library 469. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1977. 98-99

Cite this entry

APA (7th)

Meinhardt, K. (2024). aversus (Lemma #1715). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1715/

Chicago (Author-Date)

Meinhardt, K. (2024). aversus (Lemma #1715). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1715/

MLA (9th)

Meinhardt, K. (2024). aversus (Lemma #1715). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1715/

Harvard

Meinhardt, K. (2024) aversus (Lemma #1715), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1715/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{zodiac1715,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {aversus ({Lemma} #1715)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1715/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1715/},
}