duodecatemorion

Latin noun
loaned from Greek

Last edited: 2024-09-02
Primary meaning dodekatemorion
Literal translation twelfth-part
Variants
duodecatemorion
dodecatemorion
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dodekatemorion astrological concept

quicquid in decreto celatur, ex duodecatemoriis posse prodi significant.

‘whatever is hidden in the chart can be revealed by the duodecatemoria’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 2.13.1

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. 1.55

Babylonii enim [in] duodecatemoriis summam decretorum tribuunt, Ptolomaeus vero antisciis, nos utrisque.

‘The Babylonians attribute all the forecast to the duodecatemorion; but Ptolemy to the antiscia, and we to both.’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 3.13.14

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. 1.191

Perspice nunc tenuem visu rem, pondere magnam et tantum Graio signari nomine passam, dodecatemoria, in titulo signantia causas. nam, cum tricenas per partes sidera constent, rursus bis senis numerus diducitur omnis; ipsa igitur ratio binas in partibus esse dimidiasque docet partes.

‘Pray examine now a matter trivial in appearance, yet one of great moment, which does not permit description of itself save by a Greek word. I speak of the dodecatemories, of which the name proclaims the principle. The signs each consist of thirty degrees, and every total is further divided by twice six; the calculation therefore shows that in each division there are two and a half degrees.’

— Manilius, Astronomica 2.693-699

Genre: astrological treatise

Manilius. Astronomica. Edited and translated by G. P. Goold. Loeb Classical Library 469. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1977. 136-137

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). duodecatemorion (Lemma #936). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/936/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). duodecatemorion (Lemma #936). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/936/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). duodecatemorion (Lemma #936). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/936/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) duodecatemorion (Lemma #936), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/936/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac936,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {duodecatemorion ({Lemma} #936)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/936/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/936/},
}