〈—〉 šy n tꜣ p.t ‘Upper midheaven’
〈medium caelum〉 ‘midheaven’
〈mesuranima〉 ‘midheaven’
〈cacumen summum〉 ‘midheaven’
〈arx caeli〉 ‘citadel of the sky’
〈μεσουράνημα〉 mesouranēma ‘upper midheaven’
culmen mundi
Latin noun
Last edited: 2024-11-25| Primary meaning | upper midheaven |
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| Literal translation | culmination of the world |
| Variants | culmen mundi mundi culmen |
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upper midheaven cardinal point
quod summo premitur devexum culmine mundi donec ad occasus veniat, puerilibus annis succedit teneramque regit sub sede iuventam.
‘The slope which sinks down from the summit of the sky till it reaches the Occident succeeds to the years of childhood and includes in its province control of tender youth.’
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). culmen mundi (Lemma #2212). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2212/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). culmen mundi (Lemma #2212). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2212/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). culmen mundi (Lemma #2212). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2212/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) culmen mundi (Lemma #2212), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2212/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX
@misc{zodiac2212,
note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
year = {2024},
title = {culmen mundi ({Lemma} #2212)},
url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2212/},
howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2212/},
}