humeri tauri

Latin noun

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

13°–15° Taurus

XIII. vero et XIV. et XV. in humeris

‘the 13th, 14th and 15th degree however is in the shoulders [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). humeri tauri (Lemma #1562). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1562/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). humeri tauri (Lemma #1562). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1562/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). humeri tauri (Lemma #1562). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1562/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) humeri tauri (Lemma #1562), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1562/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1562,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {humeri tauri ({Lemma} #1562)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1562/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1562/},
}