caput arietis

Latin · noun
variant arietis caput
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2024-07-01
Meanings
Literal translation
head of the ram
Categories
animal part
part of constellation
part of zodiac sign
Related Lemmata 11 ›

1. the head of the Ram (3–5° Aries)

1.a the head of the Ram (3–5° Aries) animal part, part of constellation, part of zodiac sign

III. vero et IV. et V. in capite

‘[The degrees] 3 and 4 and 5 consist of the head [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). caput arietis (Lemma #1543). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1543/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). caput arietis (Lemma #1543). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1543/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). caput arietis (Lemma #1543). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1543/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) caput arietis (Lemma #1543), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1543/ (Accessed: November 5, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1543,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-05]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {caput arietis ({Lemma} #1543)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1543/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1543/},
}