〈vespertinus〉 ‘vespertine’
matutinus
Latin adjective
Last edited: 2024-03-26| Primary meaning | matutine |
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| Literal translation | belonging to the morning |
| Variants | matutinus |
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matutine astrological concept, astronomical phenomenon
rising close to, but before the sun
Stellae quinque, id est Saturnus, Iuppiter, Mars, Venus, Mercurius, matutinae sunt aut vespertinae aut occiduales aut absconsae, quae a Graecis afaneis et synodicae dicuntur, aut acronyctae.
‘The five planets, that is, Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Venus, Mercury, are either matutine, vespertine, setting, or hidden (by the Sun's rays). These the Greeks call afaneis (hidden), synodicae (in conjunction with he sun), or acronyctae (at nightfall).’
of morning attribute of time
nec matutinis fulgeret Lucifer horis Hesperos emenso dederat qui lumen Olympo.
‘nor at the hour of dawn would shine the Morning Star, which earlier as the Star of Eve had sent forth its light after traversing the sky.’
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). matutinus (Lemma #949). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/949/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). matutinus (Lemma #949). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/949/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). matutinus (Lemma #949). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/949/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) matutinus (Lemma #949), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/949/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX
@misc{zodiac949,
note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
year = {2024},
title = {matutinus ({Lemma} #949)},
url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/949/},
howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/949/},
}