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1. of autumn
1.a of autumn calendrical concept
Ἰσημερία δέ ἐστι φθινοπωρινή, ὅταν ὁ ἥλιος ἀπ’ ἄρκτων πρὸς μεσημβρίαν παροδεύων πάλιν ἐπὶ τοῦ ἰσημερινοῦ γένηται κύκλου καὶ ἴσην τὴν ἡμέραν τῇ νυκτερινῇ ποιήσηται.
‘And it is autumnal equinox, when the sun, in passing from north to south, arrives at the celestial equator again and makes the day equal to the night.’
APA (7th)
Peeters, T. (2025). φθινοπωρινός (Lemma #1272). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1272/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Peeters, T. (2025). φθινοπωρινός (Lemma #1272). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1272/
MLA (9th)
Peeters, T. (2025). φθινοπωρινός (Lemma #1272). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1272/
Harvard
Peeters, T. (2025) φθινοπωρινός (Lemma #1272), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1272/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX
@misc{zodiac1272,
note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
author = {Peeters, Thomas},
year = {2025},
title = {φθινοπωρινός ({Lemma} #1272)},
url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1272/},
howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1272/},
}