pedes posteriores et ungues sagittarii

Latin noun

Last edited: 2024-06-03
Primary meaning the hind-legs and hooves of the Archer
Literal translation hind-legs and hooves of the archer
Variants
pedes posteriores et ungues sagittarii
posteriores pedes et ungues sagittarii
Edited by

the hind-legs and hooves of the Archer animal part

23°–25° Sagittarius

in posterioribus vero pedibus usque ad ungues tres quae sequuntur partes collocantur

‘in the hind-legs down to the hooves [of the Archer] the three following degrees are located’

— 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

sagittarius Sagittarius

pes dexter virginis the right foot of the Virgin

pes sinister virginis the left foot of the Virgin

pes tertius scorpionis third leg of Scorpio

pes quartus scorpionis the fourth leg of Scorpio

pedes tauri feet of Taurus

pedes anteriores tauri the fore-feet of the Bull

pedes cervi the feet of the Stag

pedes arietis the feet of the Ram

pedes gemini the feet of the Twin

pedes posteriores tauri the hind feet of the Bull

pedes dextri cancri the right feet of the Crab

pedes sinistri cancri the left legs of the Crab

pedes dextri scorpii the right legs of the Scorpion

pedes extremi cancri the outer legs of the Crab

pedes leonis the feet of the Lion

pedes librae the feet of the Scales

pedes sinistri scorpii the left feet of the Scorpion

pedes sagittarii the feet of the Archer

pedes aquarii the feet of the Waterbearer

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). pedes posteriores et ungues sagittarii (Lemma #1651). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1651/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). pedes posteriores et ungues sagittarii (Lemma #1651). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1651/

MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). pedes posteriores et ungues sagittarii (Lemma #1651). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1651/

Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) pedes posteriores et ungues sagittarii (Lemma #1651), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1651/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac1651,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {pedes posteriores et ungues sagittarii ({Lemma} #1651)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1651/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1651/},
}