adhaeresco

Latin verb

Last edited: 2024-12-02
Primary meaning to approach?
Literal translation to grow attached to
Variants
adhaeresco
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to approach? verb of motion

Si [...] Saturnus <vero> et Mars ita sint positi ut unus Solis alter Lunae radiis adhaerescat [...]

‘However, if Saturn and Mars are placed such that either one comes into aspect with the Sun, the other with the Moon [...]’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 7.2.18

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. 2.215

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). adhaeresco (Lemma #1744). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1744/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). adhaeresco (Lemma #1744). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1744/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). adhaeresco (Lemma #1744). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1744/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) adhaeresco (Lemma #1744), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1744/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1744,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {adhaeresco ({Lemma} #1744)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1744/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1744/},
}