masculinus

Latin · adjective

Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2024-09-23

Meanings

1. masculine

Literal translation

male

1. masculine

1.a masculine astrological concept, zodiac sign quality

property of signs

Horum signorum diversa sunt genera, nam alia sunt ex his masculina, alia feminina

‘These signs are of different gender, some masculine, some feminine’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 2.1.2

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. 1.41

1.b masculine astrological concept

property of degrees

Scire debemus quod in omnibus signis et masculini generis et feminini <et masculinae> et [quae] femininae sint partes. Ex his enim partibus invenitur, cuius genitura sit, masculina an feminina.

‘We need to know what parts of both the masculine and feminine signs are the masculine and feminine degrees, for from these degrees it is found out whether the nativity is male or female’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 4.23.1

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. 1.271

1.c masculine astrological concept

property of planets (Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, the Sun)

Si in finibus Mercurii Luna fuerit inventa, et masculini generis sidus acceperit, [...] qui sic has stellas habuerint, nunquam filios sortiuntur.

‘If the Moon is found in the terms of Mercury and accepted [or approached (accesserit)] a planet of masculine gender [...], those who have the stars thus will never be allotted children.’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 6.30.2

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. 2.140

Cite this entry

APA (7th)

Meinhardt, K. (2024). masculinus (Lemma #915). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/915/

Chicago (Author-Date)

Meinhardt, K. (2024). masculinus (Lemma #915). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/915/

MLA (9th)

Meinhardt, K. (2024). masculinus (Lemma #915). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/915/

Harvard

Meinhardt, K. (2024) masculinus (Lemma #915), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/915/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{zodiac915,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {masculinus ({Lemma} #915)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/915/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/915/},
}