potestas temporum

Latin · noun
variant temporum potestas
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2023-12-12
Meanings
Literal translation
rulership of time
Categories
astrological concept
Related Lemmata 4 ›

1. rulership of time

1.a 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: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1059,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {potestas temporum ({Lemma} #1059)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1059/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1059/},
}