natura sagittarii

Latin noun

Last edited: 2024-06-10
Primary meaning the genitals of the Archer
Literal translation nature of the archer
Variants
natura sagittarii
sagittarii natura
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the genitals of the Archer animal part

26°–27° Sagittarius

XXVI. vero et XXVII. in natura Sagittarii collocantur

‘[the degrees] 26 and 27 however are located in the genitals 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). natura sagittarii (Lemma #1655). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1655/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). natura sagittarii (Lemma #1655). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1655/

MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). natura sagittarii (Lemma #1655). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1655/

Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) natura sagittarii (Lemma #1655), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1655/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac1655,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {natura sagittarii ({Lemma} #1655)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1655/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1655/},
}