caput librae

Latin · noun
variant librae caput
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2023-12-12
Meanings
Literal translation
head of the scales
Categories
animal part
Related Lemmata 11 ›

1. the head of the Scales

1.a the head of the Scales animal part

1°–2° Libra

I. et II. partes collocantur in capite

‘degrees 1 and 2 are located in the head [of the Scales]’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 8.4.7

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). caput librae (Lemma #1623). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1623/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). caput librae (Lemma #1623). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1623/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). caput librae (Lemma #1623). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1623/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) caput librae (Lemma #1623), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1623/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1623,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {caput librae ({Lemma} #1623)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1623/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1623/},
}