pectus virginis

Latin noun

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

13°–15° Virgo

sequentes vero per ordinem tres in pectore

‘but the three following [degrees] in order are in the chest [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


Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). pectus virginis (Lemma #1618). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1618/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). pectus virginis (Lemma #1618). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1618/

MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). pectus virginis (Lemma #1618). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1618/

Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) pectus virginis (Lemma #1618), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1618/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac1618,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {pectus virginis ({Lemma} #1618)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1618/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1618/},
}