facies et nares leonis

Latin noun

Last edited: 2024-07-01
Primary meaning the face and nose of the Lion
Literal translation face and nose of the lion
Variants
facies et nares leonis
leonis facies et nares
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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


Cite this entry
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: December 1, 2025).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac1602,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	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/},
}