cor leonis

Latin noun

Last edited: 2023-12-12
Primary meaning the heart of the Lion
Literal translation heart of the lion
Variants
cor leonis
leonis cor
Edited by
the heart of the Lion animal part

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

Cite this entry
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: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1604,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {cor leonis ({Lemma} #1604)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1604/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1604/},
}