liturgos

Latin noun
quoted from Greek

Last edited: 2024-11-04
Primary meaning sub-decan
Literal translation duty-officer
Variants
liturgos
Edited by
sub-decan astrological concept

Quidam hunc locum volentes suptilius explicare terna numina decanis singulis applicarunt, quos munifices applicandos esse voluerunt id est liturgos ita ut per signa singula novem possint munifices inveniri, ut ternis munificibus decani singuli praeferantur.

‘Some who wish to elaborate this in more detail add three divinities each to every decan, which they call munifices i. e. λειτουργοί, so that for every sign nine munifices can be found and every decan is divided into three munifices.’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 2.3.4

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. 1.45

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). liturgos (Lemma #1728). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1728/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). liturgos (Lemma #1728). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1728/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). liturgos (Lemma #1728). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1728/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) liturgos (Lemma #1728), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1728/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1728,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {liturgos ({Lemma} #1728)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1728/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1728/},
}