latera capricorni

Latin noun

Last edited: 2023-12-12
Primary meaning the flanks of Capricorn
Literal translation flanks of the goat-horned
Variants
latera capricorni
capricorni latera
Edited by
the flanks of Capricorn animal part

24°–27° Capricorn

quattuor vero quae sequuntur in utroque latere ponuntur

‘the four [degrees] however which follow are placed on each flank [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). latera capricorni (Lemma #1664). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1664/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). latera capricorni (Lemma #1664). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1664/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). latera capricorni (Lemma #1664). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1664/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) latera capricorni (Lemma #1664), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1664/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1664,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {latera capricorni ({Lemma} #1664)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1664/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1664/},
}