pectus leonis

Latin noun

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

23°–24° Leo

in pectore XXIII. et XXIV. quaerimus

‘in the chest [of the Lion] we get the degrees 23 and 24’

— 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. 2.290


Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). pectus leonis (Lemma #1609). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1609/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). pectus leonis (Lemma #1609). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1609/

MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). pectus leonis (Lemma #1609). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1609/

Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) pectus leonis (Lemma #1609), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1609/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac1609,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {pectus leonis ({Lemma} #1609)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1609/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1609/},
}