pedes sagittarii

Latin noun

Last edited: 2024-06-03
Primary meaning the feet of the Archer
Literal translation feet of the archer
Variants
pedes sagittarii
sagittarii pedes
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the feet of the Archer animal part

16°–17° Sagittarius

in pedibus duae

‘in the [Archer's] feet are the [following] two [degrees]’

— 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


See also

pedes tauri feet of Taurus

pedes anteriores tauri the fore-feet of the Bull

pedes cervi the feet of the Stag

pedes sinistri cancri the left legs of the Crab

pedes arietis the feet of the Ram

pedes extremi cancri the outer legs of the Crab

pedes dextri cancri the right feet of the Crab

pedes posteriores tauri the hind feet of the Bull

pedes gemini the feet of the Twin

pedes leonis the feet of the Lion

pedes dextri scorpii the right legs of the Scorpion

pedes librae the feet of the Scales

pedes sinistri scorpii the left feet of the Scorpion

pes dexter virginis the right foot of the Virgin

pes sinister virginis the left foot of the Virgin

sagittarius Sagittarius

pedes posteriores et ungues sagittarii the hind-legs and hooves of the Archer

pedes aquarii the feet of the Waterbearer

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). pedes sagittarii (Lemma #1648). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1648/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). pedes sagittarii (Lemma #1648). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1648/

MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). pedes sagittarii (Lemma #1648). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1648/

Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) pedes sagittarii (Lemma #1648), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1648/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac1648,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {pedes sagittarii ({Lemma} #1648)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1648/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1648/},
}