ἐαρινός
earinos

Greek adjective

Last edited: 2025-02-03
Primary meaning of spring
Literal translation of spring
Variants
ἐαρινός earinos
εἰαρινός eiarinos
ἠαρινός ēarinos
ἠρινός ērinos
Edited by
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: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1268,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Peeters, Thomas},
	year = {2025},
	title = {ἐαρινός ({Lemma} #1268)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1268/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1268/},
}