πλάνος
planos

Greek adjective

Last edited: 2024-07-15
Primary meaning wandering
Literal translation wandering
Variants
πλάνος planos
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wandering adjective

used for planets, which are called "wandering lights"

(...), καὶ πλάνα φέγγη ἀπλανέων τ᾽ αὐγὰς πυριλαμπέας ἐξονομήνω, ζωιδίων τε πόλοιο περίδρομον, (...)

‘(...), of the wandering lights too, and of the fiery-bright rays of the unwandering ones, let me speak of them by name, and of the circuit of the sphere of the zodiac signs, (...)’

— Pseudo-Manetho, Apotelesmatika 4.3-5

Genre: astrological treatise
Date: ca. 1st century CE

Lopilato, R., 1998. The "Apotelesmatika" of Manetho. Providence, Rhode Island: Brown University. 75, 239

πλάνος· πλανήτης, ἀπατέων

‘planos: wandering, leading astray.’

— Hesychius π 2454

Genre: lexicon
Provenance: Alexandria
Date: 4th-6th century CE

Hesychius Alexandrinus. 2005. Hesychii Alexandrini Lexicon, Vol. 3 (Pi - Sigma), ed. P.A. Hansen. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. 121


Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Peeters, T. (2024). πλάνος (Lemma #1751). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1751/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Peeters, T. (2024). πλάνος (Lemma #1751). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1751/

MLA (9th)
Peeters, T. (2024). πλάνος (Lemma #1751). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1751/

Harvard
Peeters, T. (2024) πλάνος (Lemma #1751), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1751/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac1751,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Peeters, Thomas},
	year = {2024},
	title = {πλάνος ({Lemma} #1751)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1751/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1751/},
}