aculeus scorpii

Latin noun

Last edited: 2023-12-01
Primary meaning the sting of the Scorpion
Literal translation sting of the scorpion
Variants
aculeus scorpii
Edited by
the sting of the Scorpion animal part

26°–30° Scorpio

in aculeo vero eius qui ad septentrionem versus extenditur, posteriores quinque partes collocantur.

‘in the sting of him [i. e. Scorpius] who is turned towards Ursa Major the last five degrees belong’

— 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). aculeus scorpii (Lemma #1641). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1641/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). aculeus scorpii (Lemma #1641). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1641/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). aculeus scorpii (Lemma #1641). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1641/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) aculeus scorpii (Lemma #1641), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1641/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1641,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {aculeus scorpii ({Lemma} #1641)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1641/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1641/},
}