potestas temporum

Latin noun

Last edited: 2023-12-12
Primary meaning rulership of time
Literal translation rulership of time
Variants
temporum potestas
potestas temporum
Edited by
rulership of time astrological concept

Post Saturnum luppiter accepit temporum potestatem

‘After Saturn, Jupiter received the rulership of time’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 3.1.12

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. 1.94

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). potestas temporum (Lemma #1059). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1059/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). potestas temporum (Lemma #1059). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1059/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). potestas temporum (Lemma #1059). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1059/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) potestas temporum (Lemma #1059), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1059/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1059,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {potestas temporum ({Lemma} #1059)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1059/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1059/},
}