frigus

Latin noun

Last edited: 2024-07-15
Primary meaning coldness
Literal translation coldness
Variants
frigus
Edited by
coldness astrological concept

Ecce cognoscitur [...] quando frigus eius fomento alieni ardoris incalescat

‘This is how we can recognize [...] how his cold is warmed by another's heat’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 1.4.6

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). frigus (Lemma #883). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/883/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). frigus (Lemma #883). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/883/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). frigus (Lemma #883). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/883/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) frigus (Lemma #883), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/883/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac883,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {frigus ({Lemma} #883)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/883/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/883/},
}