testimonio destitutus

Latin adjective

Last edited: 2023-12-12
Primary meaning unaspected
Literal translation forsaken by testimony
Variants
testimonio destitutus
testimoniis destitutus
destitutus testimoniis
destitutus testimonio
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unaspected astrological concept

Quodsi ab his benivolarum stellarum recesserit radius, et ab omni salutarium siderum fuerint testimonio destituti, tunc matrem inhonesta corporis turpitudo dedecorat

‘If the of the benefic recedes from them and they are unaspected by all benefic planets, then shameful ugliness disgraces the mother's body’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 6.15.20

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. 2.106


Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). testimonio destitutus (Lemma #1326). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1326/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). testimonio destitutus (Lemma #1326). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1326/

MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). testimonio destitutus (Lemma #1326). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1326/

Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) testimonio destitutus (Lemma #1326), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1326/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac1326,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {testimonio destitutus ({Lemma} #1326)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1326/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1326/},
}