collum scorpii

Latin noun

Last edited: 2023-12-12
Primary meaning the neck of the Scorpion
Literal translation neck of the scorpion
Variants
collum scorpii
scorpii collum
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the neck of the Scorpion animal part

8°–10° Scorpio

sequentes tres in collo per ordinem constituuntur

‘the following three [degrees] are located in order in the neck [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


Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). collum scorpii (Lemma #1634). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1634/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). collum scorpii (Lemma #1634). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1634/

MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). collum scorpii (Lemma #1634). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1634/

Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) collum scorpii (Lemma #1634), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1634/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac1634,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {collum scorpii ({Lemma} #1634)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1634/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1634/},
}