dorsum scorpii

Latin · noun
variant scorpii dorsum
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2023-12-12
Meanings
Literal translation
back of the scorpion
Categories
animal part
Related Lemmata 7 ›

1. the back of the Scorpion

1.a the back of the Scorpion animal part

11°–12° Scorpio

has quae sequuntur duae ponuntur in dorso

‘the two following [degrees] are placed in the back [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). dorsum scorpii (Lemma #1635). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1635/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). dorsum scorpii (Lemma #1635). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1635/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). dorsum scorpii (Lemma #1635). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1635/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) dorsum scorpii (Lemma #1635), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1635/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1635,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {dorsum scorpii ({Lemma} #1635)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1635/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1635/},
}