malitia

Latin noun

Last edited: 2023-12-12
Primary meaning malefic qualities
Literal translation malice
Variants
malitia
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malefic qualities, unfavorable influence astrological concept

cum Solis radiis fuerit oppressus, naturalem enim malitiam Solem veneratus amittit

‘for in being subservient to the Sun [Mars] loses his natural malefic qualities’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 2.8.2

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. 1.51

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). malitia (Lemma #953). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/953/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). malitia (Lemma #953). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/953/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). malitia (Lemma #953). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/953/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) malitia (Lemma #953), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/953/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac953,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {malitia ({Lemma} #953)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/953/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/953/},
}