castrum

Latin · noun
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2024-07-29
Meanings
Literal translation
camp
Categories
astrological concept
Related Lemmata 6 ›

1. astrological place

1.a astrological place astrological concept

rare, poetic

aliena capessunt regna et in externis subsidunt hospita castris.

‘they occupy realms not their own and sojourn in an alien camp.’

— Manilius, Astronomica 2.963 f

Genre: astrological treatise

Manilius. Astronomica. Edited and translated by G. P. Goold. Loeb Classical Library 469. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1977. 158-159

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). castrum (Lemma #2234). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2234/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). castrum (Lemma #2234). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2234/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). castrum (Lemma #2234). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2234/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) castrum (Lemma #2234), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2234/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2234,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {castrum ({Lemma} #2234)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2234/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2234/},
}