altitudo

Latin noun

Last edited: 2023-12-01
Primary meaning exaltation
Literal translation altitude
Variants
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exaltation astrological concept

In altitudinibus itaque suis gaudent[es] constitutae

‘When planets are in their own exaltations we say that they rejoice’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 2.3.2

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. 1.43


Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). altitudo (Lemma #926). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/926/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). altitudo (Lemma #926). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/926/

MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). altitudo (Lemma #926). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/926/

Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) altitudo (Lemma #926), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/926/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac926,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {altitudo ({Lemma} #926)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/926/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/926/},
}