pectus piscis

Latin · noun
variant piscis pectus
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2024-06-10
Meanings
Literal translation
chest of the fish
Categories
animal part
Related Lemmata 7 ›

1. the chest of the northern Fish

1.a the chest of the northern Fish animal part

20°–22° Pisces

tres vero sequentes in pectore

‘the three following [degrees] however are in the chest [of the northern Fish]’

— 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. (2024). pectus piscis (Lemma #1685). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1685/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). pectus piscis (Lemma #1685). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1685/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). pectus piscis (Lemma #1685). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1685/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) pectus piscis (Lemma #1685), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1685/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1685,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {pectus piscis ({Lemma} #1685)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1685/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1685/},
}