sedes

Latin noun

Last edited: 2024-11-11
Primary meaning position
Literal translation seat
Variants
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position astronomical term, spatial concept

postquam omnis caeli species, redeuntibus astris, percepta, in proprias sedes, et reddita certis fatorum ordinibus sua cuique potentia formae, er varios usus artem experientia fecit exemplo monstrante viam

‘After every aspect of the sky had been observed, as the stars returned to their original positions, and each figuration had assigned to it its powers of influence in accordance with the sure cycles of destiny, by repeated practice and with examples pointing the way experience built up the science;’

— Manilius, Astronomica 1.58 ff

Genre: astrological treatise

Manilius. Astronomica. Edited and translated by G. P. Goold. Loeb Classical Library 469. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1977. 9-10

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). sedes (Lemma #1970). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1970/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). sedes (Lemma #1970). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1970/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). sedes (Lemma #1970). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1970/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) sedes (Lemma #1970), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1970/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1970,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {sedes ({Lemma} #1970)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1970/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1970/},
}