amficyrtos

Latin adjective
loaned from Greek

Last edited: 2023-12-01
Primary meaning gibbous
Literal translation doubly convex
Variants
amficyrtos
Edited by
gibbous lunar phase

Est itaque Luna aut synodica aut plena aut dichotomos aut menoides aut amficyrtos et per has mutata formas cursum menstrui luminis complet.

‘Therefore the moon is either new or full or half or crescent or gibbous and changed through these shapes she completes the course of monthly light.’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 4.1.10

Genre: astrological compendium
Provenance: Sicily
Date: ca. 334 CE

Firmicus Maternus. 1897. Ivlii Firmici Materni Matheseos Libri VIII, ed. W. Kroll, F. Skutsch. Stuttgart: B. G. Teubner. 1.199

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). amficyrtos (Lemma #1143). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1143/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). amficyrtos (Lemma #1143). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1143/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). amficyrtos (Lemma #1143). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1143/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) amficyrtos (Lemma #1143), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1143/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1143,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {amficyrtos ({Lemma} #1143)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1143/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1143/},
}