stella

Latin · noun
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2024-06-10
Meanings
Literal translation
star
Categories
celestial object
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1. star

1.a star celestial object

Si Haedus quem fert Auriga in occasu fuerit inventus, et eum Saturnus quadrata vel diametra radiatione respexerit, nati in ipso momento vitae moriuntur, [...] Quodsi Mars cum ipsa stella in occasu fuerit inventus [...]

‘If Haedus whom Auriga carries is found on the descendant and Saturn stands in square or opposition to it, the ones born in that moment die, [...] If Mars is found on the descendant with this star [...]’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 8.6.12

Genre: astrological compendium Provenance: Sicily Date: ca. 334 CE

Firmicus Maternus. 1897. Ivlii Firmici Materni Matheseos Libri VIII, ed. W. Kroll, F. Skutsch. Stuttgart: B. G. Teubner. 1.298

2. planet

2.a planet celestial object

quinque stellarum sempiternus error

‘the eternal wandering of the five planets’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 1.0.5

Genre: astrological compendium Provenance: Sicily Date: ca. 334 CE

Firmicus Maternus. 1897. Ivlii Firmici Materni Matheseos Libri VIII, ed. W. Kroll, F. Skutsch. Stuttgart: B. G. Teubner. 1.2

aeternum et stellis adversus sidera bellum

‘and the planets’ everlasting war against the signs [of the zodiac]’

— Manilius, Astronomica 2.119

Genre: astrological treatise

Manilius. Astronomica. Edited and translated by G. P. Goold. Loeb Classical Library 469. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1977. 92-93

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). stella (Lemma #824). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/824/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). stella (Lemma #824). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/824/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). stella (Lemma #824). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/824/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) stella (Lemma #824), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/824/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac824,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {stella ({Lemma} #824)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/824/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/824/},
}