δορυφορέω
doruphoreō

Greek verb

Last edited: 2025-07-14
Primary meaning to body-guard
Literal translation to body-guard
Variants
δορυφορέω doruphorēō
Edited by
to body-guard astrological concept

ὁ τοιοῦτος ἔνδοξος, ἐξουσιαστικός· ἐδορυφορήθη γὰρ ὁ Ἥλιος ὑπὸ τῶν ἀγαθοποιῶν καὶ εὑρέθη ἐπικείμενος τῷ κλήρῳ τῆς τύχης σὺν τῷ οἰκοδεσπότῃ.

‘The one with such (a nativity) is glorious, powerful: for the Sun was body-guarded by the benefic (planets) and was found located in the lot of fortune with the house-master.’

— Vettius Valens 2.27.9

Genre: astrological treatise
Date: 2nd century CE

(GH L 101,III)

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APA (7th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). δορυφορέω (Lemma #1077). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1077/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). δορυφορέω (Lemma #1077). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1077/
MLA (9th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). δορυφορέω (Lemma #1077). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1077/
Harvard
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025) δορυφορέω (Lemma #1077), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1077/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1077,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Zellmann-Rohrer, Michael},
	year = {2025},
	title = {δορυφορέω ({Lemma} #1077)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1077/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1077/},
}