diametrum dyticon

Latin noun
quoted from Greek

Last edited: 2023-12-12
Primary meaning descendant
Literal translation western opposite
Variants
diametrum dyticon
Edited by
descendant astrological place

7th astrological place

quod a Graecis diametrum dyticon dicitur

‘which is called western opposite by the Greeks’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 2.15.2

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). diametrum dyticon (Lemma #991). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/991/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). diametrum dyticon (Lemma #991). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/991/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). diametrum dyticon (Lemma #991). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/991/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) diametrum dyticon (Lemma #991), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/991/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac991,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {diametrum dyticon ({Lemma} #991)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/991/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/991/},
}