dorsum sagittarii

Latin noun

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

18°–20° Sagittarius

et III aliae collocantur in dorso

‘and the 3 other [following degrees] are located in the back [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. (2024). dorsum sagittarii (Lemma #1649). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1649/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). dorsum sagittarii (Lemma #1649). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1649/

MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). dorsum sagittarii (Lemma #1649). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1649/

Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) dorsum sagittarii (Lemma #1649), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1649/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac1649,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {dorsum sagittarii ({Lemma} #1649)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1649/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1649/},
}