attestor

Latin verb

Last edited: 2023-12-01
Primary meaning to be in aspect
Literal translation to bear witness
Variants
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to be in aspect astrological concept

Si vero Mars solus attestante Mercurio hunc viderit locum, aut si in ipso loco fuerit, [...]

‘But if only Mars and Mercury are in aspect to this place, or Mars itself is there, [...]’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 8.12.2

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. 2.306

See also

〈𓍇𓏌𓅱𓁹〉 nw ‘to be in aspect with’

〈θεωρέω〉 theōreō ‘to observe’

〈βλέπω〉 blepō ‘to be in aspect with’

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

〈ἐπιβλέπω〉 epiblepō ‘to be in aspect with’

〈respicio〉 ‘to be in aspect’

〈coniungo〉 ‘to be in aspect with’

〈radiatione pulsor〉 ‘to be in aspect’

〈video〉 ‘to be in aspect’

〈testimonium perhibeo〉 ‘to be in aspect’

〈intueor〉 ‘to be in aspect with’

〈aspicio〉 ‘to be in aspect’

〈radiatione percutio〉 ‘to be in aspect’

〈radiatione convenio〉 ‘to be in aspect’

〈radio〉 ‘to be in aspect’

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). attestor (Lemma #1482). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1482/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). attestor (Lemma #1482). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1482/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). attestor (Lemma #1482). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1482/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) attestor (Lemma #1482), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1482/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1482,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {attestor ({Lemma} #1482)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1482/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1482/},
}