φθινόπωρον
phthinopōron

Greek noun

Last edited: 2025-02-03
Primary meaning autumn
Literal translation waning of ὀπώρα
Variants
φθινόπωρον phthinopōron
Edited by
autumn calendrical concept

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). φθινόπωρον (Lemma #1123). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1123/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Peeters, T. (2025). φθινόπωρον (Lemma #1123). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1123/
MLA (9th)
Peeters, T. (2025). φθινόπωρον (Lemma #1123). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1123/
Harvard
Peeters, T. (2025) φθινόπωρον (Lemma #1123), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1123/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1123,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Peeters, Thomas},
	year = {2025},
	title = {φθινόπωρον ({Lemma} #1123)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1123/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1123/},
}