lumen

Latin noun

Last edited: 2024-06-10
Primary meaning light
Literal translation light
Variants
lumen
Edited by
light term of visual perception

assiduaque luminis vel augmenta vel damna

‘and the continuous waxing and waning of [its] light’

— 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

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). lumen (Lemma #834). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/834/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). lumen (Lemma #834). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/834/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). lumen (Lemma #834). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/834/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) lumen (Lemma #834), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/834/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac834,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {lumen ({Lemma} #834)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/834/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/834/},
}