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1. astronomer
1.a astronomer practitioner
Ἀλλὰ μὴ γεωμέτρης ἐπιθυμεῖς, ἔφη, γενέσθαι ἀγαθός, ὥσπερ ὁ Θεόδωρος; Οὐδὲ γεωμέτρης, ἔφη. Ἀλλὰ μὴ ἀστρολόγος, ἔφη, βούλει γενέσθαι; ὡς δὲ καὶ τοῦτο ἠρνεῖτο, Ἀλλὰ μὴ ῥαψῳδός; ἔφη· καὶ γὰρ τὰ Ὁμήρου σέ φασιν ἔπη πάντα κεκτῆσθαι.
‘“Well, perhaps you want to be a good mathematician, like Theodorus?”1 “No, not that either.” “Well, perhaps you want to be an astronomer?” And as he again said no, “Perhaps a rhapsodist, then? They tell me you have a complete copy of Homer.”’
2. astrologer
2.a astrologer practitioner
ἀστρολόγος· γενεθλιολόγος
‘astrologos: birth expert.’
APA (7th)
Peeters, T. (2024). ἀστρολόγος (Lemma #2268). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2268/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Peeters, T. (2024). ἀστρολόγος (Lemma #2268). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2268/
MLA (9th)
Peeters, T. (2024). ἀστρολόγος (Lemma #2268). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2268/
Harvard
Peeters, T. (2024) ἀστρολόγος (Lemma #2268), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2268/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX
@misc{zodiac2268,
note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
author = {Peeters, Thomas},
year = {2024},
title = {ἀστρολόγος ({Lemma} #2268)},
url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2268/},
howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2268/},
}