exaltor

Latin verb

Last edited: 2023-12-12
Primary meaning to be exalted
Literal translation to be raised
Variants
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to be exalted astrological concept

Altitudines autem dictae sunt ob hoc quod, cum in ipsa parte fuerint stellae in qua exaltantur

‘They are called exaltations, because the planets are in the degrees in which they are exalted’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 2.3.3

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). exaltor (Lemma #928). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/928/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). exaltor (Lemma #928). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/928/

MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). exaltor (Lemma #928). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/928/

Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) exaltor (Lemma #928), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/928/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac928,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {exaltor ({Lemma} #928)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/928/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/928/},
}