ἐαρινὴ ἰσημερία
earinē isēmeria

Greek noun

Last edited: 2025-02-03
Primary meaning spring equinox
Literal translation spring equinox
Variants
ἐαρινὴ ἰσημερία earinē isēmeria
ἰσημερία ἐαρινή isēmeria earinē
Edited by
spring equinox astronomical event

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). ἐαρινὴ ἰσημερία (Lemma #1269). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1269/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Peeters, T. (2025). ἐαρινὴ ἰσημερία (Lemma #1269). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1269/
MLA (9th)
Peeters, T. (2025). ἐαρινὴ ἰσημερία (Lemma #1269). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1269/
Harvard
Peeters, T. (2025) ἐαρινὴ ἰσημερία (Lemma #1269), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1269/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1269,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Peeters, Thomas},
	year = {2025},
	title = {ἐαρινὴ ἰσημερία ({Lemma} #1269)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1269/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1269/},
}