regressus

Latin · noun
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2026-08-30
Meanings
Literal translation
going back
Categories
planetary motion
Related Lemmata 9 ›

1. retrograde motion

1.a retrograde motion planetary motion

cursus regressus stationes societates augmenta ortus occasusque monstravit

‘He showed the courses, retrogrades, stations, associations, increases, risings and settings.’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 1.4.5

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. 1.12

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2026). regressus (Lemma #1738). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1738/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2026). regressus (Lemma #1738). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1738/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2026). regressus (Lemma #1738). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1738/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2026) regressus (Lemma #1738), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1738/ (Accessed: November 5, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1738,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-05]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2026},
	title = {regressus ({Lemma} #1738)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1738/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1738/},
}