plenus

Latin · adjective

Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2023-12-12

Meanings

Literal translation

full

1. full

1.a full lunar phase

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

1.b full astrological concept

a degree which belongs to a decan

Plenae sunt itaque is partes, in quibus decani fuerint inventi, vacuae vero, ad quas partes numquam decanorum numen accedat.

‘Therefore, full are the degrees in which the decans are found, empty however are those to which no decan belongs’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 4.22.3

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. 1.265

Cite this entry

APA (7th)

Meinhardt, K. (2023). plenus (Lemma #945). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/945/

Chicago (Author-Date)

Meinhardt, K. (2023). plenus (Lemma #945). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/945/

MLA (9th)

Meinhardt, K. (2023). plenus (Lemma #945). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/945/

Harvard

Meinhardt, K. (2023) plenus (Lemma #945), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/945/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{zodiac945,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {plenus ({Lemma} #945)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/945/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/945/},
}