geniculae leonis

Latin noun

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

25°–27° Leo

sequentes tres permanent in geniculis

‘the following three [degrees] belong to the knees [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. 2.290

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). geniculae leonis (Lemma #1610). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1610/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). geniculae leonis (Lemma #1610). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1610/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). geniculae leonis (Lemma #1610). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1610/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) geniculae leonis (Lemma #1610), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1610/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1610,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {geniculae leonis ({Lemma} #1610)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1610/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1610/},
}