dominium temporum

Latin noun

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

nam in nocturnis genituris initium ac dominium ipsa suscipit temporum, in diurnis vero genituris Sol;

‘for in night charts the beginning and rulership of time she [the Moon] possesses herself, in day charts, however, the Sun does’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 4.1.8

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. 1.199

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). dominium temporum (Lemma #1139). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1139/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). dominium temporum (Lemma #1139). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1139/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). dominium temporum (Lemma #1139). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1139/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) dominium temporum (Lemma #1139), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1139/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1139,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {dominium temporum ({Lemma} #1139)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1139/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1139/},
}