χειμών
cheimōn

Greek noun

Last edited: 2025-02-03
Primary meaning winter
Literal translation winter
Variants
χειμών cheimōn
Edited by
winter 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). χειμών (Lemma #1124). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1124/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Peeters, T. (2025). χειμών (Lemma #1124). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1124/
MLA (9th)
Peeters, T. (2025). χειμών (Lemma #1124). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1124/
Harvard
Peeters, T. (2025) χειμών (Lemma #1124), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1124/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1124,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Peeters, Thomas},
	year = {2025},
	title = {χειμών ({Lemma} #1124)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1124/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1124/},
}