adsum

Latin verb

Last edited: 2024-12-02
Primary meaning to influence at birth
Literal translation to be there
Variants
adsum
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to influence at birth astrological concept

at, quibus in lucem Pisces venientibus adsunt, his non una manet semper sententia cordi, commutant animos interdum et foedera rumpunt ac repetunt, tectaeque lues sub fronte vagantur.

‘And those whom the Fishes father at birth never keep in their hearts for long a constant affection; ever and anon they change their sympathies and now forswear their ties and now renew them, and beneath a mask of blandness unseen hatreds come and go.’

— Manilius, Astronomica 2.637 ff

Genre: astrological treatise

Manilius. Astronomica. Edited and translated by G. P. Goold. Loeb Classical Library 469. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1977. 132-133

See also

〈do〉 ‘to influence at birth’

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). adsum (Lemma #2138). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2138/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). adsum (Lemma #2138). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2138/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). adsum (Lemma #2138). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2138/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) adsum (Lemma #2138), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2138/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2138,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {adsum ({Lemma} #2138)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2138/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2138/},
}