〈χειμερινός〉 cheimerinos ‘of winter’
〈τροπή〉 tropē ‘solstice’
〈bruma〉 ‘winter solstice’
〈χειμερινὸς τροπικὸς κύκλος〉 cheimerinos tropikos kuklos ‘winter tropic’
χειμερινὴ τροπή
cheimerinē tropē
Greek noun
Last edited: 2025-02-03| Primary meaning | winter solstice |
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| Literal translation | winter solstice |
| Variants | χειμερινὴ τροπή cheimerinē tropē τροπὴ χειμερινή tropē cheimerinē |
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winter solstice astronomical event
Τροπὴ δέ ἐστι χειμερινή, ὅταν ὁ ἥλιος πορρωτάτω ἡμῶν τῆς οἰκήσεως γένηται καὶ ταπεινότατον ὡς πρὸς τὸν ὁρίζοντα καὶ νοτιώτατον κύκλον γράψῃ καὶ μεγίστην πασῶν τῶν ἐν τῷ ἐνιαυτῷ νύκτα ποιήσηται, ἐλαχίστην δὲ ἡμέραν· (...)
‘And it is winter solstice, when the sun arrives the furthest from our place of residence and describes a circle as low as possible in reference to the horizon and the most southerly, and makes the longest night of all of them in the year, but the shortest day; (...)’
APA (7th)
Peeters, T. (2025). χειμερινὴ τροπή (Lemma #1275). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1275/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Peeters, T. (2025). χειμερινὴ τροπή (Lemma #1275). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1275/
MLA (9th)
Peeters, T. (2025). χειμερινὴ τροπή (Lemma #1275). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1275/
Harvard
Peeters, T. (2025) χειμερινὴ τροπή (Lemma #1275), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1275/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX
@misc{zodiac1275,
note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
author = {Peeters, Thomas},
year = {2025},
title = {χειμερινὴ τροπή ({Lemma} #1275)},
url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1275/},
howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1275/},
}