pectus arietis

Latin · noun
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2023-12-12
Meanings
Literal translation
chest of the ram
Categories
animal part
Related Lemmata 7 ›

1. the chest of the Ram

1.a the chest of the Ram animal part

11–12° Aries

XI. vero et XII. in pectore

‘11–12° [of Aries] are in the chest’

— 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. (2023). pectus arietis (Lemma #1549). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1549/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). pectus arietis (Lemma #1549). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1549/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). pectus arietis (Lemma #1549). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1549/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) pectus arietis (Lemma #1549), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1549/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1549,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {pectus arietis ({Lemma} #1549)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1549/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1549/},
}