octotropos

Latin noun

Last edited: 2024-07-29
Primary meaning octatropos
Literal translation eight-place
Variants
octotropos
Edited by
octatropos astrological concept

system of eight astrological places

[cui parti nomen posuit, qui condidit artem, octotropos; per quod stellae diversa volantes quos reddant motus, proprio venit ordine rerum]

‘The founder of astrology gave to this section the title Octotropos; the motions of the planets, which fly through it in the opposite direction, shall follow at the proper place.’

— Manilius, Astronomica 2.968 ff

Genre: astrological treatise

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

Manilius does not use this system. The verses have likely been interpolated, cf. Goold 1977, p. lxi f.
Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). octotropos (Lemma #2236). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2236/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). octotropos (Lemma #2236). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2236/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). octotropos (Lemma #2236). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2236/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) octotropos (Lemma #2236), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2236/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2236,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {octotropos ({Lemma} #2236)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2236/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2236/},
}