aspiro

Latin · verb
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2026-10-16
Meanings
Literal translation
to breathe upon
Categories
astrological
general expression of influence or signification
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1. to influence at birth

1.a to influence at birth astrological, , general expression of influence or signification

quibus aspirantibus almam in lucem eduntur Bacchi Venerisque sequaces perque dapes mensasque super petulantia corda et sale mordaci dulcis quaerentia risus.

‘Beneath their influence devotees of Bacchus and Venus are born into the kindly light, and people whose insouciance runs free at feasts and banquets and who strive to provoke sweet mirth with biting wit.’

— Manilius, Astronomica 5.142 ff

Genre: astrological treatise

Manilius. Astronomica. Edited and translated by G. P. Goold. Loeb Classical Library 469. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1977. 310-313

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2026). aspiro (Lemma #2504). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2504/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2026). aspiro (Lemma #2504). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2504/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2026). aspiro (Lemma #2504). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2504/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2026) aspiro (Lemma #2504), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2504/ (Accessed: November 5, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2504,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-05]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2026},
	title = {aspiro ({Lemma} #2504)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2504/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2504/},
}