computus

Latin noun

Last edited: 2024-07-15
Primary meaning computation
Literal translation computation
Variants
computus
Edited by

computation practice

Ipse et huius scientiae rationem, ipse computos tradidit

‘It has shown us the theory of this science, the computations’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 1.4.5

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. 1.12


Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). computus (Lemma #878). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/878/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). computus (Lemma #878). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/878/

MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). computus (Lemma #878). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/878/

Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) computus (Lemma #878), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/878/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac878,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {computus ({Lemma} #878)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/878/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/878/},
}