dorsus piscis

Latin noun

Last edited: 2025-01-31
Primary meaning the back of the Fish
Literal translation back of the fish
Variants
dorsus piscis
piscis dorsus
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the back of the southern Fish animal part

13°–15° Pisces

sequentes vero tres per ordinem eiusdem Piscis dorsus accipiet.

‘however, the back of the same Fish will take up the following three [degrees] in order’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 8.4.12

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. 2.293


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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). dorsus piscis (Lemma #1684). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1684/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). dorsus piscis (Lemma #1684). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1684/

MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). dorsus piscis (Lemma #1684). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1684/

Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2025) dorsus piscis (Lemma #1684), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1684/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac1684,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2025},
	title = {dorsus piscis ({Lemma} #1684)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1684/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1684/},
}