castrum

Latin noun

Last edited: 2024-07-29
Primary meaning astrological place
Literal translation camp
Variants
castrum
Edited by
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: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2234,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {castrum ({Lemma} #2234)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2234/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2234/},
}