ἐχθρός
echthros

Greek adjective

Last edited: 2024-03-03
Primary meaning hostile
Literal translation hostile
Variants
ἐχθρός echthros
Edited by
hostile astrological concept

σκοπεῖν δὲ δεῖ καὶ τοὺς ἐχθροὺς τόπους καὶ τοὺς ἀστέρας οὐ τῶν ἄλλων μόνον ἀλλὰ καὶ τοῦ ὡροσκόπου καὶ Ἡλίου καὶ Σελήνης· οὗτοι γὰρ ἐὰν ἐναντίοι γένωνται, τοὺς κλιμακτῆρας καὶ τοὺς θανάτους σημαίνουσιν.

‘It is also necessary to investigate the hostile places (topoi) and the planets, not with respect to the others alone, but also to the Ascendant and the Sun and Moon: for when these are in opposition, they signify critical years (klimakteres) and death.’

— Vettius Valens 3.6.1

Genre: astrological treatise
Date: 2nd century CE
Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2024). ἐχθρός (Lemma #1944). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1944/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2024). ἐχθρός (Lemma #1944). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1944/
MLA (9th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2024). ἐχθρός (Lemma #1944). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1944/
Harvard
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2024) ἐχθρός (Lemma #1944), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1944/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1944,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Zellmann-Rohrer, Michael},
	year = {2024},
	title = {ἐχθρός ({Lemma} #1944)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1944/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1944/},
}