cornua arietis

Latin noun

Last edited: 2024-06-03
Primary meaning the horns of the Ram
Literal translation horns of the ram
Variants
cornua arietis
Edited by
the horns of the Ram (1°–2° Aries) animal part

Arietis I. et II. partes in cornibus sunt constitutae

‘The degrees 1°–2° consist of the horns [of Aries]’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 8.4.1

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. 2.287

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). cornua arietis (Lemma #1542). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1542/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). cornua arietis (Lemma #1542). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1542/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). cornua arietis (Lemma #1542). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1542/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) cornua arietis (Lemma #1542), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1542/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1542,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {cornua arietis ({Lemma} #1542)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1542/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1542/},
}