scientia divina

Latin noun

Last edited: 2025-05-11
Primary meaning astrology
Literal translation divine science
Variants
divina scientia
scientia divina
Edited by
astrology discipline of astral science

[...] qui sententiis ac disputationibus suis omnem philosophiam divinamque scientiam putant se posse elati sermonis auctoritate perfringere.

‘These men are carried away by their faith in rhetoric and think they can shatter the whole of celestial science with mere arguments.’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 1.1.1

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. 1.4

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). scientia divina (Lemma #860). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/860/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). scientia divina (Lemma #860). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/860/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). scientia divina (Lemma #860). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/860/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2025) scientia divina (Lemma #860), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/860/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac860,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2025},
	title = {scientia divina ({Lemma} #860)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/860/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/860/},
}