ἐπιμαρτύρησις
epimarturēsis

Greek noun

Last edited: 2023-11-24
Primary meaning aspect
Literal translation bearing witness
Variants
ἐπιμαρτύρησις epimarturēsis
Edited by
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: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1566,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Zellmann-Rohrer, Michael},
	year = {2023},
	title = {ἐπιμαρτύρησις ({Lemma} #1566)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1566/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1566/},
}