pedes librae

Latin · noun
variant librae pedes
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2023-12-12
Meanings
Literal translation
feet of the scales
Categories
part of zodiac sign
Related Lemmata 16 ›

1. the feet of the Scales

1.a the feet of the Scales part of zodiac sign

27°–28° Libra

XXVII. et XXVIII. usque ad extremos porriguntur pedes.

‘[degrees] 27 and 28 stretch down to the lower end of the feet’

— 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). pedes librae (Lemma #1632). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1632/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). pedes librae (Lemma #1632). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1632/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). pedes librae (Lemma #1632). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1632/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) pedes librae (Lemma #1632), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1632/ (Accessed: November 5, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1632,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-05]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {pedes librae ({Lemma} #1632)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1632/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1632/},
}