adsum

Latin · verb
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2024-12-02
Meanings
Literal translation
to be there
Categories
astrological concept
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1. to influence at birth

1.a 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

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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: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2138,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {adsum ({Lemma} #2138)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2138/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2138/},
}