cervix piscis

Latin noun

Last edited: 2024-06-03
Primary meaning the neck of the Fish
Literal translation neck of the fish
Variants
cervix piscis
piscis cervix
Edited by
the neck of the northern Fish animal part

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: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1686,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {cervix piscis ({Lemma} #1686)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1686/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1686/},
}