frons tauri

Latin noun

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

8°–10° Taurus

VIII. et IX. et X. in fronte

‘the 8th, 9th and 10th are in the forehead [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). frons tauri (Lemma #1560). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1560/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). frons tauri (Lemma #1560). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1560/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). frons tauri (Lemma #1560). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1560/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) frons tauri (Lemma #1560), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1560/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1560,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {frons tauri ({Lemma} #1560)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1560/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1560/},
}