facies virginis

Latin noun

Last edited: 2023-12-12
Primary meaning the face of the Virgin
Literal translation face of the virgin
Variants
facies virginis
virginis facies
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the face of the Virgin animal part

3°–5° Virgo

tres vero partes sequentes in facie

‘the three following degrees are in the face [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. 2.230


Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). facies virginis (Lemma #1614). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1614/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). facies virginis (Lemma #1614). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1614/

MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). facies virginis (Lemma #1614). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1614/

Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) facies virginis (Lemma #1614), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1614/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac1614,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {facies virginis ({Lemma} #1614)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1614/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1614/},
}