πρακτικὸς τόπος
praktikos topos

Greek noun

Last edited: 2023-11-09
Primary meaning place of activity
Literal translation place of activity
Variants
πρακτικὸς τόπος praktikos topos
Edited by
place of activity

ἦν μὲν γὰρ ἡ παράδοσις τοῦ ἔτους ἀπὸ Κρόνου καὶ Σελήνης ἐπὶ Ἄρεα καὶ τὸν αἰτιατικὸν τόπον, καὶ ἀπὸ Διὸς καὶ [ἀπὸ] Ἡλίου ὄντων ἐν τῷ περὶ ἐξουσίας τόπῳ ἐπὶ Κρόνον καὶ Σελήνην ὄντας <ἐν> τῷ μεσουρανήματι καὶ πρακτικῷ τόπῳ

‘The transfer of the year was from Saturn and Moon to Mars and the causal place, and from Jupiter and Sun, being in the place concerning property, to Saturn and Moon, being in Midheaven and the place of business.’

— Vettius Valens

Genre: horoscope
Provenance: 5.6.122
Date: 2nd century CE

(GH L 123,I)

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APA (7th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2023). πρακτικὸς τόπος (Lemma #1507). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1507/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2023). πρακτικὸς τόπος (Lemma #1507). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1507/
MLA (9th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2023). πρακτικὸς τόπος (Lemma #1507). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1507/
Harvard
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2023) πρακτικὸς τόπος (Lemma #1507), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1507/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1507,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Zellmann-Rohrer, Michael},
	year = {2023},
	title = {πρακτικὸς τόπος ({Lemma} #1507)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1507/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1507/},
}