cornua capricorni

Latin noun

Last edited: 2023-12-12
Primary meaning the horns of Capricorn
Literal translation horns of the goat-horned
Variants
cornua capricorni
capricorni cornua
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the horns of Capricorn animal part

1°–2° Capricorn

I. et II. partes eius in cornibus colloeantur,

‘its degrees 1 and 2 are located in the horns’

— 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


Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). cornua capricorni (Lemma #1658). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1658/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). cornua capricorni (Lemma #1658). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1658/

MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). cornua capricorni (Lemma #1658). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1658/

Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) cornua capricorni (Lemma #1658), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1658/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac1658,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {cornua capricorni ({Lemma} #1658)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1658/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1658/},
}