deicior

Latin · verb
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2023-12-12
Meanings
Literal translation
to be thrown down
Categories
astrological concept
Related Lemmata 7 ›

1. to be in a falling place

1.a to be in a falling place astrological concept

Sol in Arietis parte XIX. exaltatur, in Libra vero parte XIX. deicitur

‘The Sun is exalted at 19° Aries but is in its fall at 19° Libra’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 2.3.5

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. 1.44

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). deicior (Lemma #929). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/929/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). deicior (Lemma #929). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/929/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). deicior (Lemma #929). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/929/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) deicior (Lemma #929), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/929/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac929,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {deicior ({Lemma} #929)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/929/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/929/},
}