divinitas

Latin · noun
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2025-05-05
Meanings
Literal translation
divinity
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1. divination

1.a divination

Nec hoc est admiratione dignum, cum sciamus inter ipsos quanta sit ipsa deorum naturae dissensio quantisque disputationum argumentis uim totam divinitatis conantur evertere

‘This is not surprising since we know how much difference of opinion there is among them about the nature of the gods, and with how many different theories they are trying to destroy the whole force of astrological divination.’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 1.1.3

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. 1.5

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APA (7th)
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Meinhardt, K. (2025). divinitas (Lemma #863). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/863/
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@misc{zodiac863,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2025},
	title = {divinitas ({Lemma} #863)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/863/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/863/},
}