planeta

Latin noun
quoted from Greek

Last edited: 2024-07-15
Primary meaning planet
Literal translation planet
Variants
planeta
Edited by
planet celestial object

a nobis errantes, a Graecis vero planetae dicuntur

‘called wandering by us, and 'planets' by the Greeks’

— 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

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). planeta (Lemma #881). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/881/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). planeta (Lemma #881). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/881/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). planeta (Lemma #881). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/881/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) planeta (Lemma #881), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/881/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac881,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {planeta ({Lemma} #881)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/881/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/881/},
}