ἔαρ

ear
Greek · noun
Edited by: Thomas Peeters
Last edited: 2025-02-03

Meanings
Literal translation
spring
Categories
calendrical concept
season
Related Lemmata 1

1. spring

1.a spring calendrical concept, season

Διαιρεῖται δὲ ὁ ἐνιαύσιος χρόνος εἰς μέρη δʹ, ἔαρ θέρος φθινόπωρον καὶ χειμῶνα.

‘The time of a year is divided into 4 parts: spring, summer, autumn and winter.’

— Geminus 1.9

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. (2025). ἔαρ (Lemma #1121). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1121/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Peeters, T. (2025). ἔαρ (Lemma #1121). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1121/

MLA (9th)
Peeters, T. (2025). ἔαρ (Lemma #1121). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1121/

Harvard
Peeters, T. (2025) ἔαρ (Lemma #1121), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1121/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac1121,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Peeters, Thomas},
	year = {2025},
	title = {ἔαρ ({Lemma} #1121)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1121/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1121/},
}