〈tropicus〉 ‘tropical’
〈θερινὸς τροπικὸς κύκλος〉 therinos tropikos kuklos ‘summer tropic’
〈χειμερινὸς τροπικὸς κύκλος〉 cheimerinos tropikos kuklos ‘winter tropic’
〈τροπή〉 tropē ‘solstice’
〈τρέπω〉 trepō ‘to turn’
τροπικός
tropikos
Greek adjective
Last edited: 2025-04-02| Primary meaning | tropical |
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| Literal translation | tropical |
| Variants | τροπικός tropikos |
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tropical astrological concept, zodiac sign quality
τὸ δὲ τάχιον αὐτὸν διαδεχθῆναι παρεσκεύασαν ὁ Ἄρης καὶ ὡροσκόπος καὶ ἡ Σελήνη ἐν τροπικῷ ζῳδίῳ καὶ ὀλιγαναφόροις τετυχηκότες
‘The fact that he was succeeded quickly was provided by Mars and the Ascendant and the Moon, which were in a tropical zodiac sign and ones of short rising time.’
tropical astronomical concept
related to a turn (τροπή), in particular a solstice
Μετὰ μέντοι γε τὴν θερινὴν τροπὴν οὐκέτι πρὸς τὰς ἄρκτους παροδεύων ὁ ἥλιος θεωρεῖται, ἀλλ’ ἐπὶ τὰ ἕτερα μέρη τρέπεται τοῦ κόσμου, διὸ καὶ κέκληται τροπικός.
‘Since after the summer solstice though the sun is no longer observed travelling to the north, but it turns itself to the other parts of the cosmos, for this reason it (i.e., the summer tropic) has been named “tropical” too.’
APA (7th)
Peeters, T., & Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). τροπικός (Lemma #2108). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2108/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Peeters, T., & Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). τροπικός (Lemma #2108). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2108/
MLA (9th)
Peeters, T., & Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). τροπικός (Lemma #2108). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2108/
Harvard
Peeters, T. and Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025) τροπικός (Lemma #2108), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2108/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX
@misc{zodiac2108,
note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
author = {Peeters, Thomas and Zellmann-Rohrer, Michael},
year = {2025},
title = {τροπικός ({Lemma} #2108)},
url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2108/},
howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2108/},
}