agitatio

Latin noun

Last edited: 2023-12-01
Primary meaning motion
Literal translation motion
Variants
agitatio
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motion astronomical term

licet enim breuiori temporis spatio, simili tamen etiam ipsa per XII signa agitatione percurrit.

‘Although in a shorter space of time he passes through the twelve signs in a similar motion.’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 1.4.7

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

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). agitatio (Lemma #887). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/887/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). agitatio (Lemma #887). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/887/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). agitatio (Lemma #887). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/887/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) agitatio (Lemma #887), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/887/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac887,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {agitatio ({Lemma} #887)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/887/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/887/},
}