ἐνιαύσιος
eniausios

Greek adjective

Last edited: 2024-12-11
Primary meaning of a year
Literal translation of a year
Variants
ἐνιαύσιος eniausios
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of a year attribute of time, calendrical concept

(...) ἔστι γὰρ ἐνιαύσιος χρόνος, ἐν ᾧ ὁ ἥλιος περιπορεύεται τὸν ζῳδιακὸν κύκλον καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ αὐτοῦ σημείου ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ σημεῖον ἀποκαθίσταται.

‘(...) for it is the time of a year, in which the sun goes around the zodiac and is returned from the same point to the same point.’

— Geminus 1.7

Genre: astronomy
Date: 1st century BCE

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


Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Peeters, T. (2024). ἐνιαύσιος (Lemma #1116). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1116/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Peeters, T. (2024). ἐνιαύσιος (Lemma #1116). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1116/

MLA (9th)
Peeters, T. (2024). ἐνιαύσιος (Lemma #1116). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1116/

Harvard
Peeters, T. (2024) ἐνιαύσιος (Lemma #1116), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1116/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac1116,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Peeters, Thomas},
	year = {2024},
	title = {ἐνιαύσιος ({Lemma} #1116)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1116/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1116/},
}