facies arietis

Latin noun

Last edited: 2024-07-01
Primary meaning the face of the Ram
Literal translation face of the ram
Variants
facies arietis
arietis facies
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the face of the Ram (6–7° Aries) animal part

VI. vero et VII. in facie

‘[degrees] 6 and 7 are in the face [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


Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). facies arietis (Lemma #1544). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1544/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). facies arietis (Lemma #1544). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1544/

MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). facies arietis (Lemma #1544). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1544/

Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) facies arietis (Lemma #1544), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1544/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac1544,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {facies arietis ({Lemma} #1544)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1544/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1544/},
}