ἐπιμαρτύρησις

epimarturēsis
Greek · noun
Edited by: Michael Zellmann-Rohrer
Last edited: 2023-11-24

Meanings
Literal translation
bearing witness
Categories
astrological concept
Related Lemmata 8

1. aspect

1.a aspect astrological concept

εἰ δὲ καὶ πλείοσι τὴν συναφὴν ἐπεποίητο ἤτοι κατὰ κόλλησιν ἢ καὶ ἐπιμαρτύρησιν, καὶ πλείονας ἂν ἀδελφοὺς εἶχεν

‘If (the Moon) had made contact with more (planets), that is, in terms of attachment (conjunction) or also aspect, he would also have had more brothers.’

— Hephaestion 2.18.42

Genre: astrological treatise Date: V CE


Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2023). ἐπιμαρτύρησις (Lemma #1566). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1566/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2023). ἐπιμαρτύρησις (Lemma #1566). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1566/

MLA (9th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2023). ἐπιμαρτύρησις (Lemma #1566). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1566/

Harvard
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2023) ἐπιμαρτύρησις (Lemma #1566), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1566/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac1566,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Zellmann-Rohrer, Michael},
	year = {2023},
	title = {ἐπιμαρτύρησις ({Lemma} #1566)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1566/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1566/},
}