ἐαρινὴ ἰσημερία

earinē isēmeria
Greek · noun
variant ἰσημερία ἐαρινή : isēmeria earinē
Edited by: Thomas Peeters
Last edited: 2025-02-03
Meanings
Literal translation
spring equinox
Categories
astronomical event
Related Lemmata 2 ›

1. spring equinox

1.a 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

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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: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1269,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Peeters, Thomas},
	year = {2025},
	title = {ἐαρινὴ ἰσημερία ({Lemma} #1269)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1269/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1269/},
}