pedes posteriores tauri

Latin noun

Last edited: 2024-07-01
Primary meaning the hind feet of the Bull
Literal translation hind feet of the bull
Variants
pedes posteriores tauri
posteriores pedes tauri
tauri pedes posteriores
tauri posteriores pedes
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the hind feet of the Bull animal part

22°–25° Taurus

XXII. et XXIII. et XXIV. et XXV. in posterioribus pedibus collocantur

‘[degrees] 22 and 23 and 24 and 25 are located in the hind feet [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


See also

taurus Taurus

pedes gemini the feet of the Twin

pedes dextri cancri the right feet of the Crab

pedes sinistri cancri the left legs of the Crab

pedes extremi cancri the outer legs of the Crab

pedes leonis the feet of the Lion

pes dexter virginis the right foot of the Virgin

pes sinister virginis the left foot of the Virgin

pedes librae the feet of the Scales

pedes dextri scorpii the right legs of the Scorpion

pedes sinistri scorpii the left feet of the Scorpion

pedes sagittarii the feet of the Archer

pedes posteriores et ungues sagittarii the hind-legs and hooves of the Archer

pedes aquarii the feet of the Waterbearer

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). pedes posteriores tauri (Lemma #1574). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1574/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). pedes posteriores tauri (Lemma #1574). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1574/

MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). pedes posteriores tauri (Lemma #1574). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1574/

Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) pedes posteriores tauri (Lemma #1574), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1574/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac1574,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {pedes posteriores tauri ({Lemma} #1574)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1574/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1574/},
}