theos

Latin · noun
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2024-10-28
Meanings
Literal translation
god
Categories
astrological place
Related Lemmata 3 ›

1. place of the god

1.a place of the god astrological place

9th astrological place

Dea Deus Bona fortuna ac Bonus daemon, quae a Graecis hactenus nominantur: thea, theos, agathe tyche, agathos daemon

‘Goddess, God, Good fortune, Bad fortune, which are called by the Greeks as follows: thea, theos, agathe tyche, agathos daemon’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 2.16.1

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. 1.59

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). theos (Lemma #995). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/995/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). theos (Lemma #995). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/995/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). theos (Lemma #995). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/995/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) theos (Lemma #995), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/995/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac995,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {theos ({Lemma} #995)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/995/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/995/},
}