ἐαρινός

earinos
Greek · adjective
variants εἰαρινός : eiarinos , ἠαρινός : ēarinos , ἠρινός : ērinos
Edited by: Thomas Peeters
Last edited: 2025-02-03
Meanings
Literal translation
of spring
Categories
calendrical concept
season
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1. of spring

1.a of spring calendrical concept, season

Ἐαρινὴ μὲν οὖν ἰσημερία γίνεται περὶ τὴν τῶν ἀνθέων ἀκμὴν ἐν Κριοῦ μιᾷ μοίρᾳ.

‘Spring equinox then takes place around the hight of blooming time, (when the sun is) in the first degree of Aries.’

— 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). ἐαρινός (Lemma #1268). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1268/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Peeters, T. (2025). ἐαρινός (Lemma #1268). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1268/
MLA (9th)
Peeters, T. (2025). ἐαρινός (Lemma #1268). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1268/
Harvard
Peeters, T. (2025) ἐαρινός (Lemma #1268), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1268/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1268,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Peeters, Thomas},
	year = {2025},
	title = {ἐαρινός ({Lemma} #1268)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1268/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1268/},
}