stadium

Latin · noun
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2024-11-03
Meanings
Literal translation
stade
Categories
unit of celestial position
Related Lemmata 2 ›

1. stade

1.a stade unit of celestial position

= 2 arc minutes

Nunc age, quot stadiis et quanto tempore surgant sidera, quotque cadant, animo cognosce sagaci

‘Now learn with a perceptive mind how many stades and how much time the stars take to rise and set’

— Manilius, Astronomica 3.275 f

Genre: astrological treatise

Manilius. Astronomica. Edited and translated by G. P. Goold. Loeb Classical Library 469. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1977. 184-185

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). stadium (Lemma #2344). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2344/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). stadium (Lemma #2344). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2344/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). stadium (Lemma #2344). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2344/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) stadium (Lemma #2344), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2344/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2344,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {stadium ({Lemma} #2344)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2344/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2344/},
}