facies scorpii

Latin · noun
variant scorpii facies
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2023-12-12
Meanings
Literal translation
face of the scorpion
Categories
animal part
Related Lemmata 9 ›

1. the face of the Scorpion

1.a the face of the Scorpion animal part

6°–7° Scorpio

VI. et VII. in facie

‘[degrees] 6 and 7 are in the face [of the Scorpion]’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 8.4.8

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. 2.291

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). facies scorpii (Lemma #1633). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1633/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). facies scorpii (Lemma #1633). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1633/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). facies scorpii (Lemma #1633). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1633/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) facies scorpii (Lemma #1633), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1633/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1633,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {facies scorpii ({Lemma} #1633)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1633/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1633/},
}