venter equinus sagittarii

Latin noun

Last edited: 2024-06-03
Primary meaning the horse-belly of the Archer
Literal translation horse-belly of the archer
Variants
venter equinus sagittarii
equinus venter sagittarii
sagittarii venter equinus
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the horse-belly of the Archer animal part

21°–22° Sagittarius

in ventre equino II

‘in the horse-belly [are located the following] 2 [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


Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). venter equinus sagittarii (Lemma #1650). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1650/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). venter equinus sagittarii (Lemma #1650). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1650/

MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). venter equinus sagittarii (Lemma #1650). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1650/

Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) venter equinus sagittarii (Lemma #1650), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1650/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac1650,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {venter equinus sagittarii ({Lemma} #1650)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1650/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1650/},
}