ὑπουργός
hupourgos

Greek noun

Last edited: 2023-07-11
Primary meaning assistant
Literal translation assistant
Variants
ὑπουργός hupourgos
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assistant astrological concept

βοηθοὶ δὲ λέγονται ἀστέρες οἱ συλλαμβανόμενοι ἢ ἐπιμαρτυροῦντες ἢ μεσεμβολοῦντες

‘Collaborators are the (stars) that travel together (are in conjunction?), and assistants are those that meet each other (in adjacent signs?)’

— Sarapion of Alexandria, Various Names for Configurations of the Stars

Genre: astrology
Date: 1st cent. BCE/CE?

CCAG VIII.4 226


Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2023). ὑπουργός (Lemma #158). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/158/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2023). ὑπουργός (Lemma #158). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/158/

MLA (9th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2023). ὑπουργός (Lemma #158). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/158/

Harvard
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2023) ὑπουργός (Lemma #158), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/158/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac158,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Zellmann-Rohrer, Michael},
	year = {2023},
	title = {ὑπουργός ({Lemma} #158)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/158/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/158/},
}