pinna

Latin noun

Last edited: 2024-11-11
Primary meaning pinnacle
Literal translation pinnacle
Variants
pinna
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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: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1701,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {pinna ({Lemma} #1701)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1701/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1701/},
}