ὄργανον

organon
Greek · noun
Edited by: Michael Zellmann-Rohrer
Last edited: 2025-05-11
Meanings
Literal translation
instrument
Categories
astronomical genre
artefact of astral science
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1. table

1.a table astronomical genre, artefact of astral science

οἷον ἐπὶ τοῦ Κρόνου τῶν μοιρῶν τὰς διαμετρούσας θεωρεῖν τίνος εἰσὶ θεοῦ, καθὼς ἐν τῷ ὀργάνῳ πρόκειται

‘Such as, in the case of the degrees of Saturn, one is to observe the (degrees) in opposition, which god’s they are, as is set out in the instrument (i.e., table).’

— Vettius Valens 3.6.2

Genre: astrological treatise Date: 2nd century CE

(GH L 61,X)

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APA (7th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). ὄργανον (Lemma #1039). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1039/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). ὄργανον (Lemma #1039). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1039/
MLA (9th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). ὄργανον (Lemma #1039). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1039/
Harvard
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025) ὄργανον (Lemma #1039), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1039/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1039,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Zellmann-Rohrer, Michael},
	year = {2025},
	title = {ὄργανον ({Lemma} #1039)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1039/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1039/},
}