os leonis

Latin noun

Last edited: 2023-12-12
Primary meaning the mouth of the Lion
Literal translation mouth of the lion
Variants
os leonis
leonis os
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the mouth of the Lion animal part

6°–8° Leo

tres aliae sequentes in ore sunt Leonis positae

‘the other three following [degrees] are located in the mouth of the Lion’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 8.4.5

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. (2023). os leonis (Lemma #1595). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1595/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). os leonis (Lemma #1595). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1595/

MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). os leonis (Lemma #1595). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1595/

Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) os leonis (Lemma #1595), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1595/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac1595,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {os leonis ({Lemma} #1595)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1595/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1595/},
}