stomachus et pecten cancri

Latin · noun
variant cancri stomachus et pecten
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2024-05-06
Meanings
Literal translation
stomach and crotch of the Crab
Categories
animal part
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1. the stomach and crotch of the Crab

1.a 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)
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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: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1593,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	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/},
}