circuitus

Latin noun

Last edited: 2023-12-12
Primary meaning revolution
Literal translation going around
Variants
circuitus
Edited by
revolution astronomical term

maior [...] annus [...], qui mille et quadringentorum et sexaginta et unius anni circuitu terminatur

‘the great year, which is completed in the revolution of the 1461st year’

— 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. (2023). circuitus (Lemma #837). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/837/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). circuitus (Lemma #837). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/837/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). circuitus (Lemma #837). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/837/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) circuitus (Lemma #837), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/837/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac837,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {circuitus ({Lemma} #837)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/837/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/837/},
}