caput capricorni

Latin · noun
variant capricorni caput
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2023-12-12
Meanings
Literal translation
head ot the goat-horned
Categories
animal part
Related Lemmata 11 ›

1. the head of Capricorn

1.a 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

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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: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1659,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {caput capricorni ({Lemma} #1659)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1659/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1659/},
}