pes dexter virginis

Latin noun

Last edited: 2023-12-12
Primary meaning the right foot of the Virgin
Literal translation right foot of the virgin
Variants
pes dexter virginis
virginis pes dexter
dexter pes virginis
Edited by
the right foot of the Virgin animal part

18°–19° Virgo

tres vero sequentes in dextro collocantur pede

‘the three following [degrees] are located in the right foot’

— 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

See also

〈virgo〉 ‘Virgo’

〈pes tertius scorpionis〉 ‘third leg of Scorpio’

〈pes quartus scorpionis〉 ‘the fourth leg of Scorpio’

〈pedes tauri〉 ‘feet of Taurus’

〈pedes anteriores tauri〉 ‘the fore-feet of the Bull’

〈pedes cervi〉 ‘the feet of the Stag’

〈pedes arietis〉 ‘the feet of the Ram’

〈pedes posteriores tauri〉 ‘the hind feet of the Bull’

〈pedes gemini〉 ‘the feet of the Twin’

〈pedes dextri cancri〉 ‘the right feet of the Crab’

〈pedes sinistri cancri〉 ‘the left legs of the Crab’

〈pedes extremi cancri〉 ‘the outer legs of the Crab’

〈pedes leonis〉 ‘the feet of the Lion’

〈pes sinister virginis〉 ‘the left foot of the Virgin’

〈pedes sagittarii〉 ‘the feet of the Archer’

〈pedes posteriores et ungues sagittarii〉 ‘the hind-legs and hooves of the Archer’

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). pes dexter virginis (Lemma #1621). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1621/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). pes dexter virginis (Lemma #1621). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1621/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). pes dexter virginis (Lemma #1621). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1621/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) pes dexter virginis (Lemma #1621), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1621/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1621,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {pes dexter virginis ({Lemma} #1621)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1621/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1621/},
}