deiectio

Latin · noun
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2023-12-12
Meanings
Literal translation
throwing down
Categories
astrological concept
Related Lemmata 7 ›

1. falling place

1.a falling place astrological concept

quae sint earum deiectiones, in quibus constitutae oppressa auctoritatis suae potestate minuuntur

‘and what are their falling places in which is suffers loss of its force’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 2.3.1

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. 1.43

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). deiectio (Lemma #924). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/924/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). deiectio (Lemma #924). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/924/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). deiectio (Lemma #924). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/924/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) deiectio (Lemma #924), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/924/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac924,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {deiectio ({Lemma} #924)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/924/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/924/},
}