τροπή
tropē

Greek noun

Last edited: 2025-02-03
Primary meaning solstice
Literal translation turn
Variants
τροπή tropē
Edited by
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: December 1, 2025).
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@misc{zodiac1125,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Peeters, Thomas},
	year = {2025},
	title = {τροπή ({Lemma} #1125)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1125/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1125/},
}