saturnus

Latin noun

Last edited: 2024-07-15
Primary meaning Saturn
Literal translation Saturn
Variants
saturnus
Edited by
Saturn planet

id est si Luna facit candidos, Mars rubeos, Saturnus nigros, cur omnes in Aethiopia nigri, in Germania candidi, in Thracia rubei procreantur

‘that is, if the Moon makes people fair-skinned, Mars red, Saturn black, why is the whole population of Ethiopia black, of Germany blond, of Thrace red-haired?’

— 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. 1.6

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). saturnus (Lemma #865). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/865/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). saturnus (Lemma #865). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/865/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). saturnus (Lemma #865). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/865/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) saturnus (Lemma #865), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/865/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac865,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {saturnus ({Lemma} #865)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/865/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/865/},
}