stativus

Latin adjective

Last edited: 2024-09-23
Primary meaning in station
Literal translation standing
Variants
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in station astronomical term, synodic phenomenon

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. (2024). stativus (Lemma #890). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/890/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). stativus (Lemma #890). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/890/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). stativus (Lemma #890). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/890/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) stativus (Lemma #890), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/890/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac890,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {stativus ({Lemma} #890)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/890/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/890/},
}