potestas

Latin noun

Last edited: 2023-12-12
Primary meaning lot of power
Literal translation power
Variants
potestas
Edited by
lot of power astrological lot

potestatis nocte a Saturno ad Solem

‘[The lot of] Power [can be calculated by adding to the ascendant the amount of degrees] from Saturn up to the Sun’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 6.32.56

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. 2.189

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). potestas (Lemma #1395). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1395/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). potestas (Lemma #1395). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1395/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). potestas (Lemma #1395). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1395/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) potestas (Lemma #1395), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1395/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1395,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {potestas ({Lemma} #1395)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1395/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1395/},
}