testimonium commodo

Latin verb

Last edited: 2023-12-12
Primary meaning to be in favorable aspect
Literal translation to put testimony in order
Variants
testimonium commodo
commodo testimonium
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to be in favorable aspect astrological concept

Quodsi sic malivolis sicut diximus constitutis horoscopo Venus aut luppiter testimonium conmodaverint, expositus colligetur et alienae misericordiae praesidio nutrietur.

‘If as we said Venus and Jupiter aspect the malefic planets on the ascendant favorably, the exposed infant will be picked up and nourished by a stranger’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 6.29.6

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. 2.134

See also

〈radiatione convenio〉 ‘to be in aspect’

〈radiatione percutio〉 ‘to be in aspect’

〈aspicio〉 ‘to be in aspect’

〈intueor〉 ‘to be in aspect with’

〈video〉 ‘to be in aspect’

〈testimonium perhibeo〉 ‘to be in aspect’

〈radiatione pulsor〉 ‘to be in aspect’

〈respicio〉 ‘to be in aspect’

〈coniungo〉 ‘to be in aspect with’

〈excipio〉 ‘to be approached by, have another planet come into aspect’

〈ἐπιβλέπω〉 epiblepō ‘to be in aspect with’

〈βλέπω〉 blepō ‘to be in aspect with’

〈𓍇𓏌𓅱𓁹〉 nw ‘to be in aspect with’

〈θεωρέω〉 theōreō ‘to observe’

〈radiis orno〉 ‘to be in favorable aspect’

〈praesidium〉 ‘favorable aspect’

〈opitulor〉 ‘to be in favorable aspect’

〈testimonio sublevo〉 ‘to be in favorable aspect’

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). testimonium commodo (Lemma #1347). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1347/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). testimonium commodo (Lemma #1347). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1347/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). testimonium commodo (Lemma #1347). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1347/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) testimonium commodo (Lemma #1347), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1347/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1347,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {testimonium commodo ({Lemma} #1347)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1347/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1347/},
}