malevolus

Latin · adjective
variant malivolus
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2023-12-12
Meanings
Literal translation
malevolent
Categories
astrological concept
Related Lemmata 5 ›

1. malefic

1.a malefic astrological concept

Conditiones etiam diurnarum ac nocturnarum stellarum diligenter inspicies, sed et qualia singulis locis benivolae stellae testimonia perhibeant, qua vero haec loca malivolae stellae radiatione percutiant.

‘Look carefully to see which planets are nocturnal and which are diurnal, as well as the kind of influence the favorable and the unfavorable planets have on individual houses.’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 2.20.3

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. 1.66

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). malevolus (Lemma #900). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/900/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). malevolus (Lemma #900). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/900/
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Meinhardt, K. (2023). malevolus (Lemma #900). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/900/
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BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac900,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {malevolus ({Lemma} #900)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/900/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/900/},
}