φθινοπωρινός
phthinopōrinos

Greek adjective

Last edited: 2025-02-03
Primary meaning of autumn
Literal translation of autumn
Variants
φθινοπωρινός phthinopōrinos
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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.’

— Geminus 1.11

Genre: astronomy
Date: 1st century BCE

Geminus. 1975. Géminos, Introduction aux Phénomènes, ed. G. Aujac. Paris: Les Belles Lettres. 4


Cite this entry
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: December 1, 2025).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac1272,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Peeters, Thomas},
	year = {2025},
	title = {φθινοπωρινός ({Lemma} #1272)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1272/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1272/},
}