pedes librae

Latin noun

Last edited: 2023-12-12
Primary meaning the feet of the Scales
Literal translation feet of the scales
Variants
pedes librae
librae pedes
Edited by
the feet of the Scales animal part

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

See also

〈libra〉 ‘Libra’

〈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’

〈pedes dextri scorpii〉 ‘the right legs of the Scorpion’

〈pedes sinistri scorpii〉 ‘the left feet of the Scorpion’

〈pedes sagittarii〉 ‘the feet of the Archer’

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

〈pedes aquarii〉 ‘the feet of the Waterbearer’

Cite this entry
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: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1632,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {pedes librae ({Lemma} #1632)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1632/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1632/},
}