〈ἀφαιρετικός〉 aphairetikos ‘in retrograde’
〈ἀφαιρέτης〉 aphairetēs ‘in retrograde’
〈GUR〉 târu ‘to move in retrograde direction’
〈LA₂〉 naḫāsu ‘to move in retrograde direction’
〈reverto〉 ‘to return’
retrogradus
Latin adjective
Last edited: 2024-07-15| Primary meaning | retrograde |
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| Literal translation | going backwards |
| Variants | retrogradus |
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retrograde astronomical term
praedicimus etiam quando retrogradus ad stationem pristinam revertatur
‘We even predict when he will retrograde and when return to his former station’
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). retrogradus (Lemma #885). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/885/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). retrogradus (Lemma #885). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/885/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). retrogradus (Lemma #885). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/885/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) retrogradus (Lemma #885), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/885/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX
@misc{zodiac885,
note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
year = {2024},
title = {retrogradus ({Lemma} #885)},
url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/885/},
howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/885/},
}