arcus sagittarii

Latin noun

Last edited: 2024-06-03
Primary meaning the bow of the Archer
Literal translation bow of the archer
Variants
arcus sagittarii
sagittarii arcus
Edited by
the bow of the Archer animal part

13°–15° Sagittarius

tres aliae in arcu

‘the three other [following degrees] are in the [Archer's] bow’

— 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. (2024). arcus sagittarii (Lemma #1647). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1647/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). arcus sagittarii (Lemma #1647). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1647/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). arcus sagittarii (Lemma #1647). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1647/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) arcus sagittarii (Lemma #1647), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1647/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1647,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {arcus sagittarii ({Lemma} #1647)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1647/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1647/},
}