caput sagittarii

Latin · noun
variant sagittarii caput
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2023-12-12
Meanings
Literal translation
head of the archer
Categories
animal part
Related Lemmata 10 ›

1. the head of the Archer

1.a the head of the Archer animal part

1°–2° Sagittarius

In capite Sagittarii I. et II. partes collocantur,

‘In the Archer's head the degrees 1 and 2 are located’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 8.4.9

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). caput sagittarii (Lemma #1642). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1642/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). caput sagittarii (Lemma #1642). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1642/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). caput sagittarii (Lemma #1642). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1642/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) caput sagittarii (Lemma #1642), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1642/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1642,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {caput sagittarii ({Lemma} #1642)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1642/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1642/},
}