chronocrator

Latin noun
calqued from Greek

Last edited: 2023-12-12
Primary meaning time lord
Literal translation time-ruler
Variants
chronocrator
Edited by
time lord astrological concept

planet that rules a specific time period

Chronocratorem dixerunt Graeci temporum dominum;

‘The Greeks call the Ruler of Time Chronocrator’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 2.26.1

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. 1.75

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). chronocrator (Lemma #1025). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1025/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). chronocrator (Lemma #1025). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1025/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). chronocrator (Lemma #1025). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1025/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) chronocrator (Lemma #1025), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1025/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1025,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {chronocrator ({Lemma} #1025)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1025/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1025/},
}