ἰσημερία
isēmeria

Greek noun

Last edited: 2025-02-03
Primary meaning equinox
Literal translation equal partition
Variants
ἰσημερία isēmeria
Edited by
equinox 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). ἰσημερία (Lemma #1126). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1126/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Peeters, T. (2025). ἰσημερία (Lemma #1126). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1126/
MLA (9th)
Peeters, T. (2025). ἰσημερία (Lemma #1126). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1126/
Harvard
Peeters, T. (2025) ἰσημερία (Lemma #1126), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1126/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1126,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Peeters, Thomas},
	year = {2025},
	title = {ἰσημερία ({Lemma} #1126)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1126/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1126/},
}