benignitas

Latin · noun
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2023-12-01
Meanings
Literal translation
friendliness
Categories
astrological concept
Related Lemmata 6 ›

1. benefic qualities, favorable influence

1.a benefic qualities, favorable influence astrological concept

Deficit Iovis benignitas, cum infirmitate signi vel partium vel decani vel conditionis immutatione benignitas eius fuerit impedita

‘The favorable influence of Jupiter fails when, because of the weakness of the sign, or a shift of a degree or decan or condition, his favorable influence is hindered’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 2.13.5

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. 1.56

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). benignitas (Lemma #969). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/969/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). benignitas (Lemma #969). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/969/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). benignitas (Lemma #969). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/969/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) benignitas (Lemma #969), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/969/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac969,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {benignitas ({Lemma} #969)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/969/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/969/},
}