pedes sinistri scorpii

Latin noun

Last edited: 2023-12-12
Primary meaning the left feet of the Scorpion
Literal translation left feet of the scorpion
Variants
pedes sinistri scorpii
sinistri pedes scorpii
Edited by
the left feet of the Scorpion animal part

23°–25° Scorpio

in pedibus vero dextris duae sequentes ordinantur, in sinistris pedibus tres

‘in the right legs the following two [degrees] are counted, in the left legs [the following] three’

— 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

See also

〈scorpius〉 ‘Scorpio’

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

〈pedes leonis〉 ‘the feet of the Lion’

〈pedes librae〉 ‘the feet of the Scales’

〈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 sinistri scorpii (Lemma #1640). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1640/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). pedes sinistri scorpii (Lemma #1640). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1640/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). pedes sinistri scorpii (Lemma #1640). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1640/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) pedes sinistri scorpii (Lemma #1640), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1640/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1640,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {pedes sinistri scorpii ({Lemma} #1640)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1640/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1640/},
}