cervix piscis

Latin · noun
variant piscis cervix
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2024-06-03
Meanings
Literal translation
neck of the fish
Categories
animal part
part of constellation
part of zodiac sign
Related Lemmata 5 ›

1. the neck of the northern Fish

1.a the neck of the northern Fish animal part, part of constellation, part of zodiac sign

23°–25° Pisces

in cervice vero tres aliae quae sequuntur

‘in the neck [of the northern Fish] however are the three other [degrees] which follow’

— 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). cervix piscis (Lemma #1686). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1686/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). cervix piscis (Lemma #1686). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1686/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). cervix piscis (Lemma #1686). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1686/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) cervix piscis (Lemma #1686), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1686/ (Accessed: November 5, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1686,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-05]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {cervix piscis ({Lemma} #1686)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1686/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1686/},
}