facies et nares leonis

Latin · noun
variant leonis facies et nares
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2024-07-01
Meanings
Literal translation
face and nose of the lion
Categories
animal part
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1. the face and nose of the Lion

1.a the face and nose of the Lion animal part

3°–5° Leo

tres sequentes in omni facie pariter et in naribus

‘the three following [degrees] are equally in the whole face and the nose [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. (2024). facies et nares leonis (Lemma #1602). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1602/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). facies et nares leonis (Lemma #1602). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1602/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). facies et nares leonis (Lemma #1602). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1602/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) facies et nares leonis (Lemma #1602), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1602/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1602,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {facies et nares leonis ({Lemma} #1602)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1602/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1602/},
}