velox

Latin adjective

Last edited: 2024-06-10
Primary meaning swift
Literal translation swift
Variants
velox
Edited by
swift adjective

Lunae velox motus

‘the swift motion of the Moon’

— 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

See also

〈TAB〉 ḫamāṭu ‘to be early’

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). velox (Lemma #832). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/832/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). velox (Lemma #832). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/832/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). velox (Lemma #832). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/832/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) velox (Lemma #832), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/832/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac832,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {velox ({Lemma} #832)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/832/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/832/},
}