praesentia

Latin · noun
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2023-12-12
Meanings
Literal translation
presence
Categories
astrological concept

1. presence

1.a 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: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1336,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {praesentia ({Lemma} #1336)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1336/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1336/},
}