[7] Under this move the seven wandring-stars which they call planets, whose way is a circle in the middle of the Zodiack, called the ecliptick │ Sub hōc cursitant stēllæ errantēs VII quās vocant planētās, quōrum via est circulus, in mediō zōdiacī, dictus eclīptica.
cursitō,
-āre [1] literally: run all around / here and there; this verb has a suffix: –(i)tō; this suffix
denotes a frequentative action i.e. one that is performed more than once:
- dictitō, -āre [1]: repeat, maintain i.e. keep saying something
- clāmitō, -āre [1]: yell i.e. not a single shout but a prolonged action
- vēnditō, -āre [1]: offer something, again and again, for sale
eclīptica, -ae
[1/f]: ecliptic
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecliptic
eclīptica, -ae
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stēlla, -ae [1/f]
errāns: wandering star i.e. planet
planēta, -ae
[1/f]: planet
The ancient Romans
recognized seven "planets", the term referring to any celestial body
that moved against the background of fixed stars hence the term stēllae
errantēs (wandering stars) as opposed to stēllae fīxae / inerrantēs
(fixed stars). Therefore, they also included the Sun and the Moon as planets:
Sōl, -is [3/m]
Mercurius, -ī [2/m]
Venus, Veneris [3/f]
Lūna, -ae [1/f]
Mārs, Mārtis [3/m]
Sāturnus, -ī [2/m]
Iuppiter, Iovis [3/m]
Geocentric World (1517)
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