caput leonis

Latin · noun
variant leonis caput
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2024-05-27
Meanings
Literal translation
head of the lion
Categories
animal part
part of constellation
part of zodiac sign
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1. the head of the Lion

1.a the head of the Lion animal part, part of constellation, part of zodiac sign

1°–2° Leo

I. et II. partes in Leonis sunt capite collocatae,

‘the degrees 1 and 2 of Leo are located in the head’

— 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. (2024). caput leonis (Lemma #1600). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1600/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). caput leonis (Lemma #1600). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1600/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). caput leonis (Lemma #1600). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1600/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) caput leonis (Lemma #1600), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1600/ (Accessed: November 5, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1600,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-05]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {caput leonis ({Lemma} #1600)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1600/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1600/},
}