domicilium

Latin noun

Last edited: 2023-09-19
Primary meaning house
Literal translation domicile
Variants
domicilium
Edited by
house astrological concept

sign which is ruled by a planet

in quibus singuli imperium habent ac domicilium constitutum.

‘in these [signs] they have rulership and their house.’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 2.2.1

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. 1.42

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). domicilium (Lemma #918). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/918/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). domicilium (Lemma #918). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/918/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). domicilium (Lemma #918). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/918/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) domicilium (Lemma #918), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/918/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac918,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {domicilium ({Lemma} #918)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/918/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/918/},
}