cornua tauri

Latin noun

Last edited: 2023-12-12
Primary meaning the horns of the Bull
Literal translation horns of the bull
Variants
cornua tauri
tauri cornua
Edited by
the horns of the Bull animal part

1°–2° Taurus

I. et II. partes in Tauri cornibus sunt constitutae

‘the 1st and 2nd degree of Taurus are located in its horns’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 8.4.2

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. 2.288

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). cornua tauri (Lemma #1557). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1557/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). cornua tauri (Lemma #1557). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1557/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). cornua tauri (Lemma #1557). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1557/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) cornua tauri (Lemma #1557), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1557/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1557,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {cornua tauri ({Lemma} #1557)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1557/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1557/},
}