geniculae gemini

Latin noun

Last edited: 2024-05-27
Primary meaning the knees of the Twin
Literal translation knees of the twin
Variants
geniculae gemini
gemini geniculae
Edited by
the knees of the Twin animal part

27°–29° Gemini

in geniculis autem XXVII. et XXVIII. et XXIX

‘in the knees [of the southern twin] however are [the degrees] 27 and 28 and 29’

— 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. 2.289

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). geniculae gemini (Lemma #1586). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1586/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). geniculae gemini (Lemma #1586). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1586/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). geniculae gemini (Lemma #1586). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1586/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) geniculae gemini (Lemma #1586), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1586/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1586,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {geniculae gemini ({Lemma} #1586)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1586/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1586/},
}