locus spei

Latin · noun
variant spei locus
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2023-09-19
Meanings
Literal translation
place of hope
Categories
astrological place
Related Lemmata 4 ›

1. place of hope

1.a place of hope astrological place

2nd astrological place

spei vel pecuniae in secundo horoscopi signo

‘of Expectation of Inheritace and Wealth in the second sign from the ascendant’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 2.14.3

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. 1.58

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). locus spei (Lemma #976). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/976/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). locus spei (Lemma #976). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/976/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). locus spei (Lemma #976). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/976/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) locus spei (Lemma #976), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/976/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac976,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {locus spei ({Lemma} #976)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/976/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/976/},
}