testimonium

Latin · noun
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2024-02-09
Meanings
Literal translation
testimony
Categories
astrological concept
Related Lemmata 7 ›

1. aspect

1.a aspect astrological concept

sicut diximus, sine Veneris aut lovis testimonio gladiatores facit, sed eos, qui <in> conspectu populi crudeli necis atrocitate depereant.

‘thus located without aspect of Venus or Jupiter, makes gladiators who perish in a cruel death in view of the populace.’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 3.4.23

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. 1.121

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). testimonium (Lemma #1096). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1096/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). testimonium (Lemma #1096). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1096/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). testimonium (Lemma #1096). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1096/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) testimonium (Lemma #1096), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1096/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1096,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {testimonium ({Lemma} #1096)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1096/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1096/},
}