taurus

Latin noun

Last edited: 2023-12-12
Primary meaning Taurus
Literal translation bull
Variants
taurus
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Taurus zodiac sign

Signa autem ipsa duodecim his nominibus nominantur: Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpius, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius et Pisces.

‘The twelve signs themselves are called by these names: Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, and Pisces.’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 2.1.2

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. 1.41

See also

〈—〉 kꜣ ‘Taurus’

〈Ταῦρος〉 Tauros ‘Taurus’

〈GU4.AN〉 is lê ‘Taurus’

〈MUL.MUL〉 zappu ‘Pleiades’

〈pleiades〉 ‘Pleiades’

〈pedes tauri〉 ‘feet of Taurus’

〈cornua tauri〉 ‘the horns of the Bull’

〈cervix tauri〉 ‘the neck of the Bull’

〈facies tauri〉 ‘the face of the Bull’

〈frons tauri〉 ‘the forehead of the Bull’

〈cor tauri〉 ‘the heart of the Bull’

〈humeri tauri〉 ‘the shoulders of the Bull’

〈pedes anteriores tauri〉 ‘the fore-feet of the Bull’

〈venter tauri〉 ‘the belly of the Bull’

〈geniculae tauri〉 ‘the knees of the Bull’

〈pedes posteriores tauri〉 ‘the hind feet of the Bull’

〈natura tauri〉 ‘the genitals of the Bull’

〈coxae tauri〉 ‘the hips of the Bull’

〈cauda tauri〉 ‘the tail of the Bull’

〈תורא〉 twrʾ ‘Taurus’

〈वृष〉 vṛṣa ‘Taurus’

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). taurus (Lemma #903). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/903/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). taurus (Lemma #903). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/903/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). taurus (Lemma #903). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/903/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) taurus (Lemma #903), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/903/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac903,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {taurus ({Lemma} #903)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/903/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/903/},
}