pars sinistra trutinae librae

Latin noun

Last edited: 2023-12-12
Primary meaning the left side of the Scales
Literal translation left part of the scales
Variants
pars sinistra trutinae
sinistra pars trutinae
trutinae pars sinistra
Edited by
the left side of the Scales animal part

3°–5° Libra

III. vero et IV. et V. in sinistra parte trutinae

‘[degrees] 3 and 4 and 5 are in the left part 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). pars sinistra trutinae librae (Lemma #1624). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1624/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). pars sinistra trutinae librae (Lemma #1624). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1624/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). pars sinistra trutinae librae (Lemma #1624). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1624/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) pars sinistra trutinae librae (Lemma #1624), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1624/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1624,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {pars sinistra trutinae librae ({Lemma} #1624)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1624/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1624/},
}