exaltor

Latin · verb
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2026-10-14
Meanings
Literal translation
to be raised
Categories
astrological position
planetary position
Related Lemmata 10 ›

1. to be exalted

1.a to be exalted astrological position, planetary position

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

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2026). 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. (2026). exaltor (Lemma #928). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/928/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2026). exaltor (Lemma #928). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/928/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2026) exaltor (Lemma #928), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/928/ (Accessed: November 5, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac928,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-05]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2026},
	title = {exaltor ({Lemma} #928)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/928/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/928/},
}