apotelesma

Latin noun
loaned from Greek

Last edited: 2024-07-15
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correspondence astrological concept

between celestial patterns and earthly events

debemus [...] responsionum apotelesmatumque constantia divinae istius scientiae confirmare praecepta

‘we must [...] uphold the unchanging nature of the astrological responses, and confirm the teachings of this god-given skill’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 1.3.3

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. 1.9


astrological treatise astrological concept

in plural

Sed haec pro locorum vel signorum varietate decernit, de qua varietate etiam in aliis apotelesmatibus plenissime diximus.

‘All these are indicated according to the variety of the signs and houses. We have written fully about this variety in other works on astrology.’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 4.18.7

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.


Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). apotelesma (Lemma #877). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/877/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). apotelesma (Lemma #877). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/877/

MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). apotelesma (Lemma #877). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/877/

Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) apotelesma (Lemma #877), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/877/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac877,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {apotelesma ({Lemma} #877)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/877/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/877/},
}