cor leonis

Latin · noun
variant leonis cor
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2023-12-12
Meanings
Literal translation
heart of the lion
Categories
animal part
part of constellation
part of zodiac sign
Related Lemmata 7 ›

1. the heart of the Lion

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

tres aliae sequentes in ore sunt Leonis positae, in corde vero totidem

‘the other three following [degrees] are located in the mouth of the Lion, in the heart there are as many degrees as that’

— 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). cor leonis (Lemma #1604). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1604/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). cor leonis (Lemma #1604). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1604/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). cor leonis (Lemma #1604). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1604/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) cor leonis (Lemma #1604), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1604/ (Accessed: November 5, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1604,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-05]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {cor leonis ({Lemma} #1604)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1604/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1604/},
}