deicior

Latin verb

Last edited: 2023-12-12
Primary meaning to be in a falling place
Literal translation to be thrown down
Variants
deicior
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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


Cite this entry
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: December 1, 2025).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac929,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {deicior ({Lemma} #929)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/929/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/929/},
}