fauces cancri

Latin · noun
variant cancri fauces
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2024-05-27
Meanings
Literal translation
throat of the crab
Categories
animal part
part of constellation
part of zodiac sign
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1. the throat of the Crab

1.a the throat of the Crab animal part, part of constellation, part of zodiac sign

6°–7° Cancer

in faucibus vero VI. et VII.

‘in the throat [of the Crab] however [are the degrees] 6 and 7’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 8.4.4

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). fauces cancri (Lemma #1589). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1589/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). fauces cancri (Lemma #1589). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1589/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). fauces cancri (Lemma #1589). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1589/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) fauces cancri (Lemma #1589), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1589/ (Accessed: November 5, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1589,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-05]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {fauces cancri ({Lemma} #1589)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1589/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1589/},
}