LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

astrologia

astrologia f (genitive astrologiae)
Classical[as.trɔˈɫɔ.ɡi.a]Ecclesiastical[as.troˈlɔː.d͡ʒi.a]

Meaning

  1. feminineastronomy
  2. feminineastrology
    Eorum inuenta sunt astrologia et haruspicina et auguratio et ipsa quae dicuntur oracula et necromantia.1871 translation by William Fletcher These were the inventors of astrology, and soothsaying, and divination, and those productions which are called oracles, and necromancy […]303 CE – 311 CE, Lactantius, Institutiones Divinae 2.16.1

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeastrologiaastrologiae
genitiveastrologiaeastrologiārum
dativeastrologiaeastrologiīs
accusativeastrologiamastrologiās
ablativeastrologiāastrologiīs
vocativeastrologiaastrologiae

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

astrologia (pure Latin sidera, caelestia)
astronomy.

astrŏlŏgĭa, ae, f., = ἀστρολογία,
I. knowledge of the stars, astronomy (class. for the later astronomia, while astrologia was used to designate astrology exclusively first in late Lat., Hier. adv. Pelag. 1, 8; cf. Isid. Orig. 8, 9), Cic. Div. 2, 42, 87 sqq.; id. de Or. 1, 16, 69; id. Off. 1, 6, 19: astrologiam Atlas Libyae filius, ut alii Aegyptii, ut alii Assyrii invenerunt, Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 203; also a work upon astronomy: occasum matutinum vergiliarum Hesiodus, nam hujus quoque nomine exstat astrologia, tradidit fieri, id. 18, 25, 57, § 213.

Origins

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀστρολογία (astrología, “astronomy, astrology”), from ἄστρον (ástron, “star”) + -λογία (-logía, “treating of”); equivalent to Ancient Greek ἄστρον (ástron) + -logia.

Descendants
  • Catalanastrologia
  • Frenchastrologie
  • Romanianastrologiefrom French astrologie
  • Italianastrologia
  • Portugueseastrologia
  • Spanishastrología
  • Galicianastroloxía
  • Sicilianstruluggìa

In English words that came into English from astrologia

  • astrologyastrologia
  • astrologicalastrologicus

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

AntiquitiesAstrologiaAstrologia This word is employed by the best Latin writers (e. g. Cic. de Divin. 2.42, 87; de Orat. 1.16, 69) to denote astronomy in general, for whic…

Quick answers

What does astrologia mean in Latin?
astrologia, a noun, means “astronomy; astrology”.
What is the genitive of astrologia?
The genitive singular is astrologiae. astrologia is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce astrologia?
In classical Latin, [as.trɔˈɫɔ.ɡi.a]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [as.troˈlɔː.d͡ʒi.a].