περιφέρεια

periphereia
Greek · noun
variant περιφερείη : periphereiē
Edited by: Thomas Peeters
Last edited: 2025-03-24

Literal translation
circumference
Categories
geometrical entity

1. circumference

1.a circumference geometrical entity

2. arc

2.a arc geometrical entity

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


Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Peeters, T. (2025). περιφέρεια (Lemma #1296). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1296/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Peeters, T. (2025). περιφέρεια (Lemma #1296). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1296/

MLA (9th)
Peeters, T. (2025). περιφέρεια (Lemma #1296). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1296/

Harvard
Peeters, T. (2025) περιφέρεια (Lemma #1296), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1296/ (Accessed: November 5, 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac1296,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-05]},
	author = {Peeters, Thomas},
	year = {2025},
	title = {περιφέρεια ({Lemma} #1296)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1296/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1296/},
}