coxae tauri

Latin noun

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

28°–29° Taurus

In coxis vero XXVIII. et XXIX.

‘In the hips [of Taurus] however are [the degrees] 28 and 29’

— 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). coxae tauri (Lemma #1576). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1576/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). coxae tauri (Lemma #1576). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1576/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). coxae tauri (Lemma #1576). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1576/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) coxae tauri (Lemma #1576), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1576/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1576,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {coxae tauri ({Lemma} #1576)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1576/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1576/},
}