stomachus et pecten cancri

Latin noun

Last edited: 2024-05-06
Primary meaning the stomach and crotch of the Crab
Literal translation stomach and crotch of the Crab
Variants
stomachus et pecten cancri
cancri stomachus et pecten
Edited by
the stomach and crotch of the Crab animal part

13°–15° Cancer

XI. et XII. in dorso, tres autem sequentes a stomacho usque ad pectinem porriguntur,

‘[the degrees] 11 and 12 are in the back [of the Crab], the following three degrees however stretch from the stomach up to the comb(?) [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). stomachus et pecten cancri (Lemma #1593). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1593/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). stomachus et pecten cancri (Lemma #1593). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1593/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). stomachus et pecten cancri (Lemma #1593). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1593/
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Meinhardt, K. (2024) stomachus et pecten cancri (Lemma #1593), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1593/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
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@misc{zodiac1593,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {stomachus et pecten cancri ({Lemma} #1593)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1593/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1593/},
}