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1. southern
1.a southern cardinal direction
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; (...)’
Ζυγός | νο | 𐆊 [... Σκόρπιος | νο | γ [... Τοξότης | νο | Ϛ [... Aἰγόκε(ρως) | νο | ζ [... Ὑδρηχ(όος) | νο | Ϛ [... Ἰχθύες | νο | γ [...
‘Libra | southern | 0 [... Scorpio | southern | 3 [... Sagittarius | southern | 6 [... Capricorn | southern | 7 [... Aquarius | southern | 6 [... Pisces | southern | 3 [...’
APA (7th)
Peeters, T. (2025). νότιος (Lemma #1286). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1286/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Peeters, T. (2025). νότιος (Lemma #1286). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1286/
MLA (9th)
Peeters, T. (2025). νότιος (Lemma #1286). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1286/
Harvard
Peeters, T. (2025) νότιος (Lemma #1286), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1286/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX
@misc{zodiac1286,
note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
author = {Peeters, Thomas},
year = {2025},
title = {νότιος ({Lemma} #1286)},
url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1286/},
howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1286/},
}