praesentia

Latin noun

Last edited: 2023-12-12
Primary meaning presence
Literal translation presence
Variants
praesentia
Edited by
presence astrological concept

Tunc enim malitia eius coniunctionis nec praesentia potest Iovis nec testimonio mitigari.

‘For then the malice of this aspect cannot even be mitigated by the presence or aspect of Jupiter.’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 6.22.14

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. 2.118

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). praesentia (Lemma #1336). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1336/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). praesentia (Lemma #1336). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1336/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). praesentia (Lemma #1336). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1336/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) praesentia (Lemma #1336), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1336/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1336,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {praesentia ({Lemma} #1336)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1336/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1336/},
}