cauda ceti

Latin · noun
variant ceti cauda
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2023-12-12
Meanings
Literal translation
tail of the sea-monster
Categories
animal part
Related Lemmata 6 ›

1. the tail of the Sea-Monster

1.a the tail of the Sea-Monster animal part

In cauda Ceti quicumque habuerint horoscopum, si Mars in ipsa parte fuerit inventus, a bestiis lacerati morientur.

‘Whoever has the ascendant in the tail of the Sea-Monster, if Mars is found on this degree, will be torn apart by wild beasts.’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 8.30.13

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. 2.356

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). cauda ceti (Lemma #1538). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1538/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). cauda ceti (Lemma #1538). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1538/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). cauda ceti (Lemma #1538). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1538/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) cauda ceti (Lemma #1538), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1538/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1538,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {cauda ceti ({Lemma} #1538)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1538/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1538/},
}