fomentum

Latin noun

Last edited: 2024-07-15
Primary meaning warming
Literal translation warm application
Variants
fomentum
Edited by
warming astrological concept

alleviation for coldness

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.

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). fomentum (Lemma #884). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/884/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). fomentum (Lemma #884). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/884/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). fomentum (Lemma #884). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/884/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) fomentum (Lemma #884), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/884/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac884,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {fomentum ({Lemma} #884)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/884/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/884/},
}