imperium

Latin noun

Last edited: 2023-09-19
Primary meaning rulership
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Variants
imperium
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rulership astrological concept

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

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). imperium (Lemma #919). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/919/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). imperium (Lemma #919). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/919/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). imperium (Lemma #919). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/919/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) imperium (Lemma #919), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/919/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac919,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {imperium ({Lemma} #919)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/919/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/919/},
}