pinna

Latin · noun
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2024-11-11
Meanings
Literal translation
pinnacle
Categories
astronomical quantity
spatial concept
Related Lemmata 1 ›

1. pinnacle

1.a pinnacle astronomical quantity, spatial concept

outermost region of a sign

tres posteriores per ordinem collocantur in cauda, usque ad extremam pinnam Capricorni.

‘the three latter ones in order are located in the tail up until the outermost pinnacle of Capricorn’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 8.4.10

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. 2.292

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). pinna (Lemma #1701). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1701/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). pinna (Lemma #1701). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1701/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). pinna (Lemma #1701). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1701/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) pinna (Lemma #1701), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1701/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1701,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {pinna ({Lemma} #1701)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1701/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1701/},
}