ἐνιαυσιαῖος

eniausiaios
Greek · adjective
Edited by: Thomas Peeters
Last edited: 2025-02-03

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

Καὶ ἡ μὲν μοῖρα τξʹον μέρος ἐστὶ τοῦ ζῳδιακοῦ κύκλου, ἡ δὲ ἡμέρα τξεʹον καὶ δʹον μέρος ὡς ἔγγιστα τοῦ ἐνιαυσιαίου χρόνου.

‘Also, the degree is a 360th part of the zodiac, and the day as close as possible to a 365th and a 4th part of the time of a year.’

— Geminus 1.8

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. (2025). ἐνιαυσιαῖος (Lemma #1117). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1117/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Peeters, T. (2025). ἐνιαυσιαῖος (Lemma #1117). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1117/

MLA (9th)
Peeters, T. (2025). ἐνιαυσιαῖος (Lemma #1117). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1117/

Harvard
Peeters, T. (2025) ἐνιαυσιαῖος (Lemma #1117), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1117/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac1117,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Peeters, Thomas},
	year = {2025},
	title = {ἐνιαυσιαῖος ({Lemma} #1117)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1117/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1117/},
}