ἐναντίωσις

enantiōsis
Greek · noun
Edited by: Michael Zellmann-Rohrer
Last edited: 2024-07-15
Meanings
Literal translation
opposition
Categories
astrological concept
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1. opposition

1.a opposition astrological concept

ζητήσαντες καθὼς προεκτεθείμεθα εὕρομεν τὴν ἐναντίωσιν Ἄρεως καὶ Ἀφροδίτης χρηματίζουσαν οὕτως κατὰ τὸ ζʹ κλίμα καὶ τὴν τετράγωνον πλευρὰν Κρόνου

‘By searching in the manner in which we have set out, we found the opposition of Mars and Venus thus active according to the 7th clime, and the square side (i.e., quadrangle) of Saturn’

— Vettius Valens 7.6.30

Genre: astrological treatise Date: 2nd century CE

(GH L 124)

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APA (7th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2024). ἐναντίωσις (Lemma #1445). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1445/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2024). ἐναντίωσις (Lemma #1445). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1445/
MLA (9th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2024). ἐναντίωσις (Lemma #1445). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1445/
Harvard
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2024) ἐναντίωσις (Lemma #1445), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1445/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1445,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Zellmann-Rohrer, Michael},
	year = {2024},
	title = {ἐναντίωσις ({Lemma} #1445)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1445/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1445/},
}