dorsum cancri

Latin · noun
variant cancri dorsum
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2024-05-27
Meanings
Literal translation
back of the crab
Categories
animal part
part of constellation
part of zodiac sign
Related Lemmata 8 ›

1. the back of the Crab

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

11°–12° Cancer

XI. et XII. in dorso

‘[the degrees] 11 and 12 are in the back [of the Crab]’

— 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). dorsum cancri (Lemma #1591). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1591/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). dorsum cancri (Lemma #1591). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1591/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). dorsum cancri (Lemma #1591). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1591/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) dorsum cancri (Lemma #1591), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1591/ (Accessed: November 5, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1591,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-05]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {dorsum cancri ({Lemma} #1591)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1591/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1591/},
}