ὑψωματικός

hupsōmatikos
Greek · adjective
Edited by: Michael Zellmann-Rohrer
Last edited: 2024-10-14
Meanings
Literal translation
of exaltation
Categories
zodiac sign quality
Related Lemmata 7 ›

1. of an exaltation

1.a of an exaltation zodiac sign quality

ἐν τῷ μβʹ ἔτει ἐκληρονόμησε θηλυκὸν πρόσωπον· ἦν γὰρ διὰ ϛʹ παράδοσις ἀπὸ Σελήνης καὶ Ἑρμοῦ ὄντων ἐν τῷ θανατικῷ τόπῳ, Κριῷ, εἰς τὴν Παρθένον, οἶκον Ἑρμοῦ, καὶ ἀπὸ ὑψωματικοῦ ζῳδίου εἰς ὑψωματικόν.

‘In the 42nd year (the native) became the heir to a female person: for the transmission (of rule) by (an interval of) 6 was from Moon and Mercury, which were in the Place of Death, Aries, to Virgo, a house of Mercury, and from a zodiac sign of an exaltation to a (zodiac sign) of an exaltation.’

— Vettius Valens 5.6.83

Genre: astrological treatise Date: 2nd century CE

(GH L 111,IV)

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APA (7th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2024). ὑψωματικός (Lemma #2068). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2068/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2024). ὑψωματικός (Lemma #2068). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2068/
MLA (9th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2024). ὑψωματικός (Lemma #2068). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2068/
Harvard
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2024) ὑψωματικός (Lemma #2068), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2068/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2068,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Zellmann-Rohrer, Michael},
	year = {2024},
	title = {ὑψωματικός ({Lemma} #2068)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2068/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2068/},
}