spina virginis

Latin noun

Last edited: 2023-12-12
Primary meaning the spine of the Virgin
Literal translation spine of the virgin
Variants
spina virginis
virginis spina
Edited by
the spine of the Virgin animal part

8°–10° Virgo

tres vero sequentes in spina

‘the three following [degrees] are in the spine [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

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). spina virginis (Lemma #1616). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1616/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). spina virginis (Lemma #1616). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1616/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). spina virginis (Lemma #1616). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1616/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) spina virginis (Lemma #1616), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1616/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1616,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {spina virginis ({Lemma} #1616)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1616/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1616/},
}