τροπή

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

Meanings
Literal translation
turn
Categories
astronomical event
Related Lemmata 5

1. solstice

1.a solstice astronomical event

Οἱ δὲ μεταξὺ χρόνοι τῶν τροπῶν καὶ τῶν ἰσημεριῶν τοῦτον διαιροῦνται τὸν τρόπον.

‘The times between the solstices and the equinoxes are divided in this way.’

— Geminus 1.13

Genre: astronomy Date: 1st century BCE

Geminus. 1975. Géminos, Introduction aux Phénomènes, ed. G. Aujac. Paris: Les Belles Lettres. 4


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APA (7th)
Peeters, T. (2025). τροπή (Lemma #1125). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1125/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Peeters, T. (2025). τροπή (Lemma #1125). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1125/

MLA (9th)
Peeters, T. (2025). τροπή (Lemma #1125). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1125/

Harvard
Peeters, T. (2025) τροπή (Lemma #1125), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1125/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac1125,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Peeters, Thomas},
	year = {2025},
	title = {τροπή ({Lemma} #1125)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1125/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1125/},
}