excipio

Latin · verb
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2024-01-12
Meanings
Literal translation
to take out
Categories
astronomical event
Related Lemmata 18 ›

1. to be approached by, have another planet come into aspect

1.a 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

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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: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac942,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {excipio ({Lemma} #942)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/942/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/942/},
}