θερινός
therinos

Greek adjective

Last edited: 2025-02-03
Primary meaning of summer
Literal translation of summer
Variants
θερινός therinos
Edited by
of summer calendrical concept, season

Τροπὴ δέ θερινὴ γίνεται περὶ τὴν τῶν καυμάτων ἐπίτασιν ἐν Καρκίνου μιᾷ μοίρᾳ.

‘And summer solstice takes place around the intensification of the heat, (when the sun is) in the first degree of Cancer.’

— 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). θερινός (Lemma #1270). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1270/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Peeters, T. (2025). θερινός (Lemma #1270). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1270/
MLA (9th)
Peeters, T. (2025). θερινός (Lemma #1270). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1270/
Harvard
Peeters, T. (2025) θερινός (Lemma #1270), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1270/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1270,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Peeters, Thomas},
	year = {2025},
	title = {θερινός ({Lemma} #1270)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1270/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1270/},
}