brachia cancri

Latin · noun
variant cancri brachia
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2026-10-25
Meanings
Literal translation
arms of the crab
Categories
animal part
part of zodiac sign
part of constellation
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1. the arms of the Crab

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

16°–18° Cancer

tres sequentes in ambobus Cancri brachiis invenimus

‘we find the three following degrees in both claws 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. (2026). brachia cancri (Lemma #1594). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1594/
Chicago (Author-Date)
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MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2026). brachia cancri (Lemma #1594). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1594/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2026) brachia cancri (Lemma #1594), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1594/ (Accessed: November 5, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1594,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-05]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2026},
	title = {brachia cancri ({Lemma} #1594)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1594/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1594/},
}