coniungo

Latin · verb
variants societate coniungor , me coniungo
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2024-09-09
Meanings
Literal translation
to bind oneself together
Categories
astronomical event
astrological concept
Related Lemmata 18 ›

1. to be in aspect with

1.a to be in aspect with astronomical event

si vero plena lumine uel crescens Luna Veneri vel Marti se aliqua radiatione coniunxerit, maximas calamitates et maxima facit infortunia concitari.

‘But if a full or waxing Moon comes into aspect with Venus or Mars, it brings about the greatest catastrophes and stirs up enormous ill 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

2. to join

2.a to join astrological concept

decans to their zodiac signs

Nunc quae sint coniuncta quibus quove ordine reddam, ne lateant aliae vires aliena per astra.

‘Now shall I tell which signs are joined to which, and in what sequence, lest the influences which others exercise in signs foreign to them go unperceived.’

— Manilius, Astronomica 4.310 f

Genre: astrological treatise

Manilius. Astronomica. Edited and translated by G. P. Goold. Loeb Classical Library 469. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1977. 246-247

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). coniungo (Lemma #944). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/944/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). coniungo (Lemma #944). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/944/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). coniungo (Lemma #944). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/944/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) coniungo (Lemma #944), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/944/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac944,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {coniungo ({Lemma} #944)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/944/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/944/},
}