geniculae tauri

Latin · noun
variant tauri geniculae
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2024-05-27
Meanings
Literal translation
knees of the bull
Categories
animal part
Related Lemmata 3 ›

1. the knees of the Bull

1.a the knees of the Bull animal part

21° Taurus

XXI. in geniculis

‘[the degree] 21 is in the knees [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. (2024). geniculae tauri (Lemma #1573). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1573/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). geniculae tauri (Lemma #1573). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1573/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). geniculae tauri (Lemma #1573). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1573/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) geniculae tauri (Lemma #1573), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1573/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1573,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {geniculae tauri ({Lemma} #1573)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1573/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1573/},
}