excipio

Latin verb

Last edited: 2024-01-12
Primary meaning to be approached by, have another planet come into aspect
Literal translation to take out
Variants
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to be approached by, have another planet come into aspect astronomical event

Nam si deficientem Lunam deficiens Venus exceperit aut Mars in nocturna genitura, tunc prospera omnia deficiens Luna felicitatesque decernit

‘If Venus and Mars aspect the waning moon in a nocturnal chart, the waning Moon indicates all kinds of prosperity and good fortune’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 2.7.3

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. 1.49

See also

〈ἐπιβλέπω〉 epiblepō ‘to be in aspect with’

〈βλέπω〉 blepō ‘to be in aspect with’

〈𓍇𓏌𓅱𓁹〉 nw ‘to be in aspect with’

〈θεωρέω〉 theōreō ‘to observe’

〈coniungo〉 ‘to be in aspect with’

〈respicio〉 ‘to be in aspect’

〈radiatione pulsor〉 ‘to be in aspect’

〈testimonium perhibeo〉 ‘to be in aspect’

〈copulatio〉 ‘aspect’

〈intueor〉 ‘to be in aspect with’

〈aspicio〉 ‘to be in aspect’

〈radiatione percutio〉 ‘to be in aspect’

〈radiatione convenio〉 ‘to be in aspect’

〈testimonium commodo〉 ‘to be in favorable aspect’

〈radiis orno〉 ‘to be in favorable aspect’

〈radio〉 ‘to be in aspect’

〈attestor〉 ‘to be in aspect’

〈ἐπισεύω〉 episeuō ‘to approach’

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). excipio (Lemma #942). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/942/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). excipio (Lemma #942). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/942/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). excipio (Lemma #942). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/942/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) excipio (Lemma #942), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/942/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac942,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {excipio ({Lemma} #942)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/942/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/942/},
}