scapulae capricorni

Latin noun

Last edited: 2023-12-12
Primary meaning the shoulder-blades of Capricorn
Literal translation shoulder-blades of the goat-horned
Variants
scapuli capricorni
capricorni scapuli
Edited by
the shoulder-blades of Capricorn animal part

14°–15° Capricon

in scapulis sequentes duae

‘in the shoulder-blades [of Capricorn] are the following two [degrees]’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 8.4.10

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. 2.292

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). scapulae capricorni (Lemma #1652). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1652/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). scapulae capricorni (Lemma #1652). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1652/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). scapulae capricorni (Lemma #1652). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1652/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) scapulae capricorni (Lemma #1652), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1652/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1652,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {scapulae capricorni ({Lemma} #1652)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1652/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1652/},
}