pectus gemini

Latin · noun
variant gemini pectus
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2024-05-27
Meanings
Literal translation
chest of the twin
Categories
animal part
Related Lemmata 6 ›

1. the chest of the northern Twin

1.a the chest of the northern Twin animal part

8°–10° Gemini

VIII. et IX. et X. in pectore

‘[the degrees] 8 and 9 and 10 are in the chest [of the northern Twin]’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 8.4.3

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). pectus gemini (Lemma #1582). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1582/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). pectus gemini (Lemma #1582). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1582/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). pectus gemini (Lemma #1582). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1582/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) pectus gemini (Lemma #1582), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1582/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1582,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {pectus gemini ({Lemma} #1582)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1582/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1582/},
}