aculeus scorpii

Latin · noun
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2026-10-25

Literal translation
sting of the scorpion
Categories
animal part
part of zodiac sign
part of constellation
Related Lemmata 1 ›

1. the sting of the Scorpion

1.a the sting of the Scorpion animal part, part of zodiac sign, part of constellation

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. (2026). 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. (2026). 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. (2026). aculeus scorpii (Lemma #1641). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1641/

Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2026) aculeus scorpii (Lemma #1641), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1641/ (Accessed: November 5, 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac1641,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-05]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2026},
	title = {aculeus scorpii ({Lemma} #1641)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1641/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1641/},
}