pectus virginis

Latin · noun
variant virginis pectus
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2023-12-12
Meanings
Literal translation
chest of the virgin
Categories
animal part
Related Lemmata 7 ›

1. the chest of the Virgin

1.a 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

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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: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1618,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {pectus virginis ({Lemma} #1618)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1618/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1618/},
}