ὑψωματικός
hupsōmatikos

Greek adjective

Last edited: 2024-10-14
Primary meaning of an exaltation
Literal translation of exaltation
Variants
ὑψωματικός hupsōmatikos
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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)


Cite this entry
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: December 1, 2025).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac2068,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Zellmann-Rohrer, Michael},
	year = {2024},
	title = {ὑψωματικός ({Lemma} #2068)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2068/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2068/},
}