venter aquarii

Latin noun

Last edited: 2024-07-15
Primary meaning the belly of the Waterbearer
Literal translation belly of the waterbearer
Variants
venter aquarii
aquarii venter
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the belly of the Waterbearer animal part

20°–21° Aquarius

Duae aliae ponuntur in ventre

‘Two other [following] degrees are [placed] in the belly [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). venter aquarii (Lemma #1676). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1676/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). venter aquarii (Lemma #1676). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1676/

MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). venter aquarii (Lemma #1676). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1676/

Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) venter aquarii (Lemma #1676), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1676/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac1676,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {venter aquarii ({Lemma} #1676)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1676/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1676/},
}