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
Related Lemmata 7 ›

1. the heart of the Lion

1.a 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

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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: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1604,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {cor leonis ({Lemma} #1604)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1604/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1604/},
}