cauda piscis

Latin noun

Last edited: 2024-07-15
Primary meaning the tail of the Fish
Literal translation tail of the fish
Variants
cauda piscis
piscis cauda
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the tail of the northern Fish animal part

26°–27° Pisces

in cauda duae novissimae collocantur

‘in the tail are located the two youngest [degrees]’

— 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


Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). cauda piscis (Lemma #1687). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1687/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). cauda piscis (Lemma #1687). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1687/

MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). cauda piscis (Lemma #1687). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1687/

Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) cauda piscis (Lemma #1687), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1687/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac1687,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {cauda piscis ({Lemma} #1687)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1687/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1687/},
}