motus

Latin noun

Last edited: 2024-06-10
Primary meaning motion
Literal translation motion
Variants
motus
Edited by
motion verb of motion

Summa pars eius siccissima calidissimaque et ob hoc etiam tenuissima est propter viciniam aeternorum ignium et illos tot motus siderum assiduumque caeli circumactum;

‘Its highest region is extremely dry and hot, and for this reason also very thin because of the nearness of the eternal fires, the many movements of the stars, and the continuous revolution of heaven.’

— Seneca, Natural Questions 2.10.2

Genre: philosophy
Date: 62/63 CE

Seneca. Natural Questions, Volume I: Books 1-3. Translated by Thomas H. Corcoran. Loeb Classical Library 450. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1971. 114-115

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). motus (Lemma #833). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/833/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). motus (Lemma #833). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/833/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). motus (Lemma #833). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/833/
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Meinhardt, K. (2024) motus (Lemma #833), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/833/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
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@misc{zodiac833,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {motus ({Lemma} #833)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/833/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/833/},
}