pedes sinistri cancri

Latin noun

Last edited: 2023-12-12
Primary meaning the left legs of the Crab
Literal translation left feet of the crab
Variants
pedes sinistri cancri
cancri pedes sinistri
sinistri pedes cancri
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the left legs of the Crab animal part

26°–27° Cancer

septem autem sequentes in dextris Cancri pedibus collocantur, XXVI. autem et XXVII. in sinistris Cancri sunt pedibus

‘the seven following degrees however are located in the right legs of the Crab, but [the degrees] 26 and 27 are in the left legs 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


See also

cancer Cancer

pedes tauri feet of Taurus

pedes anteriores tauri the fore-feet of the Bull

pedes cervi the feet of the Stag

pedes arietis the feet of the Ram

pedes posteriores tauri the hind feet of the Bull

pedes gemini the feet of the Twin

pedes dextri cancri the right feet of the Crab

pedes extremi cancri the outer legs of the Crab

pedes leonis the feet of the Lion

pes dexter virginis the right foot of the Virgin

pes sinister virginis the left foot of the Virgin

pedes librae the feet of the Scales

pedes dextri scorpii the right legs of the Scorpion

pedes sinistri scorpii the left feet of the Scorpion

pedes sagittarii the feet of the Archer

pedes posteriores et ungues sagittarii the hind-legs and hooves of the Archer

pedes aquarii the feet of the Waterbearer

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). pedes sinistri cancri (Lemma #1597). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1597/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). pedes sinistri cancri (Lemma #1597). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1597/

MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). pedes sinistri cancri (Lemma #1597). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1597/

Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) pedes sinistri cancri (Lemma #1597), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1597/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac1597,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {pedes sinistri cancri ({Lemma} #1597)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1597/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1597/},
}