locus filiorum

Latin noun

Last edited: 2023-10-27
Primary meaning place of children
Literal translation place of children
Variants
locus filiorum
filiorum locus
Edited by
place of children astrological place

5th astrological house

filiorum in quinto

‘the [place] of the children [is] in the fifth [sign]’

— 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

lot of children astrological lot

Locum nobis filiorum Venus et Mercurius semper ostendunt.

‘Venus and Mercury always show us the lot of children.’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 6.32.33

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. 2.184

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). locus filiorum (Lemma #980). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/980/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). locus filiorum (Lemma #980). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/980/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). locus filiorum (Lemma #980). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/980/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) locus filiorum (Lemma #980), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/980/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac980,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {locus filiorum ({Lemma} #980)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/980/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/980/},
}