scema

Latin · noun
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2025-10-07
Meanings
Literal translation
figure
Categories
astrological concept
Related Lemmata 3 ›

1. configuration

1.a configuration astrological concept

Lunaticos vero tunc facit, si figura Lunae vel scema vel similitudinem Saturni comparetur ac Martis, Iove ac Venere <in> alienis existentibus signis;

‘But it then makes lunatics if the figure or σχῆμα of the Moon would be united with Saturn and Mars, with Jupiter and Venus being in alien [i. e. unaspected] signs’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 4.16.2

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. 1.234

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). scema (Lemma #1723). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1723/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). scema (Lemma #1723). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1723/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). scema (Lemma #1723). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1723/
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Meinhardt, K. (2025) scema (Lemma #1723), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1723/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1723,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2025},
	title = {scema ({Lemma} #1723)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1723/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1723/},
}