cervix sagittarii

Latin noun

Last edited: 2023-12-12
Primary meaning the neck of the Archer
Literal translation neck of the archer
Variants
cervix sagittarii
sagittarii cervix
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the neck of the Archer animal part

8°–10° Sagittarius

tres sequentes in ordine in Sagittarii cervice ponentur

‘the three following [degrees] in order will be placed in the neck of the Archer’

— 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


Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). cervix sagittarii (Lemma #1645). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1645/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). cervix sagittarii (Lemma #1645). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1645/

MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). cervix sagittarii (Lemma #1645). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1645/

Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) cervix sagittarii (Lemma #1645), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1645/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac1645,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {cervix sagittarii ({Lemma} #1645)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1645/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1645/},
}