statio

Latin · noun
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2024-08-13
Meanings
Literal translation
standing
Categories
astronomical term
astrological concept
Related Lemmata 8 ›

1. position

1.a position astronomical term, astrological concept

praedicimus etiam quando retrogradus ad stationem pristinam revertatur

‘We even predict when he will retrograde and when return to his former position’

— 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). statio (Lemma #886). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/886/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). statio (Lemma #886). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/886/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). statio (Lemma #886). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/886/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) statio (Lemma #886), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/886/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac886,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {statio ({Lemma} #886)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/886/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/886/},
}