armus sinister arietis

Latin noun

Last edited: 2023-12-01
Primary meaning the left shoulder of the Ram
Literal translation left shoulder of the ram
Variants
armus sinister arietis
Edited by
the left shoulder of the Ram animal part

20°–22° Aries

XX. et XXI. et XXII. in anno sinistro

‘[degrees] 20, 21, and 22 are in the left shoulder [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. (2023). armus sinister arietis (Lemma #1553). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1553/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). armus sinister arietis (Lemma #1553). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1553/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). armus sinister arietis (Lemma #1553). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1553/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) armus sinister arietis (Lemma #1553), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1553/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1553,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {armus sinister arietis ({Lemma} #1553)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1553/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1553/},
}