〈stella errans〉 ‘planet’
〈planeta〉 ‘planet’
〈UDU.IDIM〉 bibbu ‘planet’
〈stella erratica〉 ‘planet’
stella mobilis
Latin noun
Last edited: 2024-11-11| Primary meaning | planet |
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| Literal translation | mobile star |
| Variants | stella mobilis mobilis stella |
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planet celestial object, star
His illud respondebimus certum esse numerum stellarum mobilium, solere autem eodem tempore et has apparere et cometen, ex quo manifestum fit non illarum coitu fieri cometen sed proprium esse et sui iuris.
‘We will give this answer to their theory: the number of planets is fixed. Moreover, planets are usually visible when a comet also is seen to appear. Consequently it is obvious that a comet is not produced by a conjunction of planets but has its own existence and in its own right.’
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). stella mobilis (Lemma #1883). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1883/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). stella mobilis (Lemma #1883). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1883/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). stella mobilis (Lemma #1883). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1883/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) stella mobilis (Lemma #1883), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1883/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX
@misc{zodiac1883,
note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
year = {2024},
title = {stella mobilis ({Lemma} #1883)},
url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1883/},
howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1883/},
}