deiectio

Latin noun

Last edited: 2023-12-12
Primary meaning falling place
Literal translation throwing down
Variants
deiectio
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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


Cite this entry
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: December 1, 2025).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac924,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {deiectio ({Lemma} #924)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/924/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/924/},
}