caput virginis

Latin · noun
variant virginis caput
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2023-12-12
Meanings
Literal translation
head of the Virgin
Categories
animal part
Related Lemmata 11 ›

1. the head of the Virgin

1.a the head of the Virgin animal part

1°–2° Virgo

I. et II. partes in capite Virginis collocantur,

‘the degrees 1 and 2 are located in the head of the Virgin’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 8.4.6

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). caput virginis (Lemma #1613). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1613/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). caput virginis (Lemma #1613). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1613/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). caput virginis (Lemma #1613). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1613/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) caput virginis (Lemma #1613), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1613/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1613,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {caput virginis ({Lemma} #1613)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1613/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1613/},
}