κινέω

kineō
Greek · verb
Edited by: Thomas Peeters
Last edited: 2025-02-03
Meanings
Literal translation
to set in motion
Categories
motion
Related Lemmata 6 ›

1. to move

1.a to move motion

mostly used in passive form

Ἐπιζητεῖται δὲ ἐν τούτοις, πῶς ἴσων ὄντων τῶν τεταρτημορίων τοῦ ζῳδιακοῦ κύκλου ὁ ἥλιος ἰσοταχῶς κινούμενος διὰ παντὸς ἐν ἀνίσοις χρόνοις διαπορεύεται τὰς ἴσας περιφερείας.

‘And it is a matter of question concerning these things: how - while the fourth parts of the zodiac are equal - does the sun, moving through each of them at constant speed, pass equal arcs in unequal times?’

— Geminus 1.18

Genre: astronomy Date: 1st century BCE

Geminus. 1975. Géminos, Introduction aux Phénomènes, ed. G. Aujac. Paris: Les Belles Lettres. 5

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APA (7th)
Peeters, T. (2025). κινέω (Lemma #1294). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1294/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Peeters, T. (2025). κινέω (Lemma #1294). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1294/
MLA (9th)
Peeters, T. (2025). κινέω (Lemma #1294). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1294/
Harvard
Peeters, T. (2025) κινέω (Lemma #1294), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1294/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1294,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Peeters, Thomas},
	year = {2025},
	title = {κινέω ({Lemma} #1294)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1294/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1294/},
}