κλίμα
klima

Greek noun

Last edited: 2025-02-26
Primary meaning clime
Literal translation inclination
Variants
κλίμα klima
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clime spatial concept

division of the inhabited portion of the Earth in zones by geographic latitude

(...) ἔστι δὲ ἡ μεγίστη νὺξ κατὰ τὸ ἐν Ῥόδῳ κλίμα ὡρῶν ἰσημερινῶν ιδʹ 𐅶.

‘(...) and the longest night corresponding with the clime in Rhodes contains 14½ equinoctial hours.’

— Geminus 1.12

Genre: astronomy
Date: 1st century BCE

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

ὡρῶν ιεʹ κλίμα εʹ

‘15 hours clime 5’

— P. Oxy. LXI 4167 fr. 4, vi-vii, 1-2

Genre: mathematical astronomy: epoch table
Provenance: Oxyrhynchus
Date: 3rd-4th century CE

Jones, A. (ed.), 1999. Astronomical papyri from Oxyrhynchus (P. Oxy. 4133-4300a), Volumes I and II. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society. I: 160-162 + II: 118-129

This papyrus contains parts of Ptolemy's Handy Tables.
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APA (7th)
Peeters, T. (2025). κλίμα (Lemma #1277). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1277/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Peeters, T. (2025). κλίμα (Lemma #1277). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1277/
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@misc{zodiac1277,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Peeters, Thomas},
	year = {2025},
	title = {κλίμα ({Lemma} #1277)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1277/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1277/},
}