ambeo

Latin · verb
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2026-10-14
Meanings
Literal translation
to go around
Categories
planetary motion

1. to revolve

1.a to revolve planetary motion

summum esse quod vocant Saturni sidus ideoque minimum videri et maximo ambire circulo ac tricesimo anno cum brevissime ad sedis suae principia regredi certum est;

‘The star called Saturn’s is the highest and consequently looks the smallest and revolves in the largest orbit, returning in thirty years at the shortest to its initial station.’

— Pliny, Natural History 2.32

Genre: encyclopedia Provenance: Rome Date: 77-79 CE

Pliny. Natural History, Volume I: Books 1-2. Translated by H. Rackham. Loeb Classical Library 330. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1938.

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2026). ambeo (Lemma #6009). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6009/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2026). ambeo (Lemma #6009). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6009/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2026). ambeo (Lemma #6009). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6009/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2026) ambeo (Lemma #6009), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6009/ (Accessed: November 5, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac6009,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-05]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2026},
	title = {ambeo ({Lemma} #6009)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6009/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6009/},
}