mamilla dextra virginis

Latin noun

Last edited: 2023-12-12
Primary meaning the right breast of the Virgin
Literal translation right breast of the virgin
Variants
mamilla dextra virginis
virginis mamilla dextra
dextra mamilla virginis
Edited by
the right breast of the Virgin animal part

16°–17° Virgo

XVI. vero et XVII. in dextra mamilla

‘[the degrees] 16 and 17 are in the right breast [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). mamilla dextra virginis (Lemma #1620). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1620/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). mamilla dextra virginis (Lemma #1620). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1620/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). mamilla dextra virginis (Lemma #1620). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1620/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) mamilla dextra virginis (Lemma #1620), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1620/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1620,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {mamilla dextra virginis ({Lemma} #1620)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1620/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1620/},
}