cursus directus

Latin noun

Last edited: 2023-12-12
Primary meaning direct motion
Literal translation direct course
Variants
cursus directus
directus cursus
Edited by
direct motion astronomical term

nunc directo cursu, nunc retrogrado, nunc stativa tarditate subsistunt et intentionem quaerentium ex ista cursus sui varietate confundunt

‘sometimes in directmotion, sometimes retrograde, sometimes sluggish (they always confuse the researcher by the variety of their courses)’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 1.4.11

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. 1.14

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). cursus directus (Lemma #889). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/889/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). cursus directus (Lemma #889). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/889/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). cursus directus (Lemma #889). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/889/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) cursus directus (Lemma #889), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/889/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac889,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {cursus directus ({Lemma} #889)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/889/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/889/},
}