caput capricorni

Latin noun

Last edited: 2023-12-12
Primary meaning the head of Capricorn
Literal translation head ot the goat-horned
Variants
caput capricorni
capricorni caput
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the head of Capricorn animal part

3°–5° Capricorn

tres sequentes in capite

‘the three following [degrees] are in the head [of Capricorn]’

— 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


See also

caput gemini the head of the Twin

caput arietis the head of the Ram

caput cancri the head of the Crab

caput leonis the head of the Lion

caput virginis the head of the Virgin

caput librae the head of the Scales

caput scorpii the head of the Scorpion

caput sagittarii the head of the Archer

capricornus Capricorn

caput aquarii the head of the Waterbearer

caput piscis the head of the Fish

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). caput capricorni (Lemma #1659). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1659/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). caput capricorni (Lemma #1659). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1659/

MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). caput capricorni (Lemma #1659). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1659/

Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) caput capricorni (Lemma #1659), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1659/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac1659,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {caput capricorni ({Lemma} #1659)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1659/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1659/},
}