decanus

Latin noun

Last edited: 2023-12-12
Primary meaning decan
Literal translation chief of ten
Variants
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decan astrological concept

Singula signa in tres partes dividuntur, singulae autem partes habent singulos decanos

‘Each sign is divided into three parts, and each part has one decan’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 2.4.1

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). decanus (Lemma #930). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/930/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). decanus (Lemma #930). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/930/

MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). decanus (Lemma #930). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/930/

Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) decanus (Lemma #930), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/930/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac930,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {decanus ({Lemma} #930)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/930/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/930/},
}