matutinus

Latin · adjective

Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2024-03-26

Meanings

1. matutine

2. of morning

Literal translation

belonging to the morning

1. matutine

1.a 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).’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 2.8.1

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. 1.50

2. of morning

2.a 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.’

— Manilius, Astronomica 1.177 f

Genre: astrological treatise

Manilius. Astronomica. Edited and translated by G. P. Goold. Loeb Classical Library 469. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1977. 18-19

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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: July 4, 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{zodiac949,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {matutinus ({Lemma} #949)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/949/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/949/},
}