locus

Latin · noun
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2024-02-05
Meanings
Literal translation
place
Categories
astrological place
planetary position
Related Lemmata 11 ›

1. place

1.a place astrological place

partiliter ostendemus rationem, qua possint loca singula secretis inquisitionibus colligi

‘we shall show in detail the way in which the individual places may be exactly located’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 2.14.1

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. 1.57

2. position

2.a position planetary position

Atqui, quo solet, quaeque [stellae] invenitur loco et magnitudo sua singulis constat;

‘Still, each star is found in its usual place and its size remains constant.’

— Seneca, Natural Questions 1.1.10

Genre: philosophy Date: 62/63 CE

Seneca. Natural Questions, Volume I: Books 1-3. Translated by Thomas H. Corcoran. Loeb Classical Library 450. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1971. 18-21

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). locus (Lemma #972). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/972/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). locus (Lemma #972). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/972/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). locus (Lemma #972). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/972/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) locus (Lemma #972), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/972/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac972,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {locus ({Lemma} #972)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/972/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/972/},
}