vespertinus

Latin adjective

Last edited: 2023-12-12
Primary meaning vespertine
Literal translation belonging to the evening
Variants
vespertinus
Edited by
vespertine astrological concept

setting after, but close to 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

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). vespertinus (Lemma #950). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/950/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). vespertinus (Lemma #950). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/950/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). vespertinus (Lemma #950). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/950/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) vespertinus (Lemma #950), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/950/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac950,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {vespertinus ({Lemma} #950)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/950/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/950/},
}