νότιος
notios

Greek adjective

Last edited: 2025-04-08
Primary meaning southern
Literal translation moist
Variants
νότιος notios
νο no abbreviation
Edited by
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; (...)’

— Geminus 1.12

Genre: astronomy
Date: 1st century BCE

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

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 [...’

— P. Oxy. LXI 4222 fr. 1, 6-11

Provenance: Oxyrhynchus

Jones, A. (ed.), 1999. Astronomical papyri from Oxyrhynchus (P. Oxy. 4133-4300a), Volumes I and II. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society. I: 238-239 + II: 336-337

Cite this entry
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: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1286,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Peeters, Thomas},
	year = {2025},
	title = {νότιος ({Lemma} #1286)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1286/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1286/},
}