ambitus

Latin noun

Last edited: 2024-11-03
Primary meaning orbit
Literal translation going-around
Variants
ambitus
Edited by
orbit astronomical term, spatial concept, planetary motion

non esset statio terris, non ambitus astris

‘the Earth would not possess its stability, nor stars their orbits’

— Manilius, Astronomica 2.70

Genre: astrological treatise

Manilius. Astronomica. Edited and translated by G. P. Goold. Loeb Classical Library 469. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1977. 88-89

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). ambitus (Lemma #2057). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2057/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). ambitus (Lemma #2057). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2057/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). ambitus (Lemma #2057). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2057/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) ambitus (Lemma #2057), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2057/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2057,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {ambitus ({Lemma} #2057)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2057/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2057/},
}