benignitas

Latin noun

Last edited: 2023-12-01
Primary meaning benefic qualities
Literal translation friendliness
Variants
benignitas
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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: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac969,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {benignitas ({Lemma} #969)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/969/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/969/},
}