τμῆμα
tmēma

Greek noun

Last edited: 2025-02-03
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Ὁ τῶν ζῳδίων κύκλος διαιρεῖται εἰς μέρη ιβʹ, καὶ καλεῖται κοινῶς μὲν ἕκαστον τῶν τμημάτων δωδεκατημόριον, ἰδίως δὲ ἀπὸ τῶν ἐμπεριεχομένων ἀστέρων ὑφ’ ὧν καὶ διατυποῦται ἕκαστον αὐτῶν ζῴδιον.

‘The zodiac is divided in 12 parts, and each of the sections is named a “twelfth part” generally, but after the encompassing stars through which each of them is also formed a “zodiac sign” specifically.’

— Geminus 1.1

Genre: astronomy
Date: 1st century BCE

Geminus. 1975. Géminos, Introduction aux Phénomènes, ed. G. Aujac. Paris: Les Belles Lettres. 1

Πάλιν δὲ ἕκαστον τῶν δωδεκατημορίων διαιρεῖται εἰς μέρη λʹ, καὶ καλεῖται τὸ ἓν τμῆμα μοῖρα, ὥστε τὸν ὅλον κύκλον τῶν ζῳδίων περιέχειν ζῴδια μὲν ιβʹ, μοίρας δὲ τξʹ.

‘And each of these twelve zodiac signs is divided in 30 parts, and a single section is called a “degree”, so that the whole zodiac comprises 12 zodiac signs, and 360 degrees.’

— Geminus 1.6

Genre: astronomy
Date: 1st century BCE

Geminus. 1975. Géminos, Introduction aux Phénomènes, ed. G. Aujac. Paris: Les Belles Lettres. 2

dividing point astrological concept

ἐὰν ἐπὶ τοῦ τμήματος τῶν δύο ζῳδίων τις τύχῃ, δυνατώτερός ἐστι καὶ ἀμέτρητος περὶ τὰς ἐνεργείας

‘If one (of the planets) happens to be at the dividing point between two zodiac signs, it is more powerful and immense in its activity.’

— Sarapion of Alexandria, Various Names for Configurations of the Stars p. 230

Genre: astrology
Date: 1st cent. BCE/CE?

CCAG VIII.4

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APA (7th)
Peeters, T., & Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). τμῆμα (Lemma #1081). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1081/
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Peeters, T., & Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). τμῆμα (Lemma #1081). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1081/
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Peeters, T., & Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). τμῆμα (Lemma #1081). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1081/
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Peeters, T. and Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025) τμῆμα (Lemma #1081), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1081/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
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@misc{zodiac1081,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Peeters, Thomas and Zellmann-Rohrer, Michael},
	year = {2025},
	title = {τμῆμα ({Lemma} #1081)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1081/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1081/},
}