facies capricorni

Latin noun

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

6°–7° Capricorn

VI. et VII. ponuntur in facie

‘[degrees] 6 and 7 are placed in the face [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


Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). facies capricorni (Lemma #1660). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1660/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). facies capricorni (Lemma #1660). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1660/

MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). facies capricorni (Lemma #1660). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1660/

Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) facies capricorni (Lemma #1660), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1660/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac1660,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {facies capricorni ({Lemma} #1660)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1660/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1660/},
}