cervix tauri

Latin noun

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

6°–7° Taurus

VI. et VII. in cervice

‘[the degrees] 6° and 7° are in the neck [of Taurus]’

— 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). cervix tauri (Lemma #1558). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1558/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). cervix tauri (Lemma #1558). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1558/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). cervix tauri (Lemma #1558). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1558/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) cervix tauri (Lemma #1558), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1558/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1558,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {cervix tauri ({Lemma} #1558)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1558/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1558/},
}