πλάνος
planos
Greek adjective
Last edited: 2024-07-15| Primary meaning | wandering |
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| 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, (...)’
πλάνος· πλανήτης, ἀπατέων
‘planos: wandering, leading astray.’
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/},
}