renes virginis

Latin noun

Last edited: 2024-06-10
Primary meaning the kidneys of the Virgin
Literal translation kidneys of the virgin
Variants
renes virginis
virginis renes
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the kidneys of the Virgin animal part

28°–29° Virgo

in renibus vero XXVIII. et XXIX.

‘in the kidneys [of Virgo] however are [the degrees] 28 and 29’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 8.4.6

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. 2.290


Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). renes virginis (Lemma #1690). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1690/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). renes virginis (Lemma #1690). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1690/

MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). renes virginis (Lemma #1690). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1690/

Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) renes virginis (Lemma #1690), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1690/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac1690,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {renes virginis ({Lemma} #1690)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1690/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1690/},
}