ἐνιαύσιος

eniausios
Greek · adjective
Edited by: Thomas Peeters
Last edited: 2024-12-11

Literal translation
of a year
Categories
attribute of time
calendrical concept
Related Lemmata 3

1. of a year

1.a 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


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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: July 4, 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac1116,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Peeters, Thomas},
	year = {2024},
	title = {ἐνιαύσιος ({Lemma} #1116)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1116/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1116/},
}