facies aquarii

Latin noun

Last edited: 2024-06-10
Primary meaning the face of the Waterbearer
Literal translation face of the Waterbearer
Variants
facies aquarii
aquarii facies
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the face of the Waterbearer animal part

3°–5° Aquarius

tres sequentes in facie

‘the three following [degrees] are in the face [of Aquarius]’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 8.4.11

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. (2024). facies aquarii (Lemma #1670). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1670/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). facies aquarii (Lemma #1670). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1670/

MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). facies aquarii (Lemma #1670). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1670/

Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) facies aquarii (Lemma #1670), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1670/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac1670,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {facies aquarii ({Lemma} #1670)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1670/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1670/},
}