venter leonis

Latin noun

Last edited: 2023-12-12
Primary meaning the belly of the Lion
Literal translation belly of the lion
Variants
venter leonis
leonis venter
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the belly of the Lion animal part

18°–19° Leo

duae sequentes in ventre

‘the two following [degrees] are in the belly [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. (2023). venter leonis (Lemma #1607). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1607/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). venter leonis (Lemma #1607). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1607/

MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). venter leonis (Lemma #1607). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1607/

Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) venter leonis (Lemma #1607), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1607/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac1607,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {venter leonis ({Lemma} #1607)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1607/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1607/},
}