χερσαῖος
chersaios

Greek adjective

Last edited: 2024-11-25
Primary meaning of dry land
Literal translation of dry land
Variants
χερσαῖος chersaios
Edited by
of dry land zodiac sign quality

Κριός ἐστιν οἶκος Ἄρεως, ζῴδιον ἀρρενικόν, τροπικόν, χερσαῖον

‘Aries is a house of Mars, a masculine zodiac sign, tropical, of dry land’

— Vettius Valens 1.2.1

Genre: astrological treatise
Date: 2nd century CE
Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2024). χερσαῖος (Lemma #2579). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2579/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2024). χερσαῖος (Lemma #2579). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2579/
MLA (9th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2024). χερσαῖος (Lemma #2579). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2579/
Harvard
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2024) χερσαῖος (Lemma #2579), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2579/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2579,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Zellmann-Rohrer, Michael},
	year = {2024},
	title = {χερσαῖος ({Lemma} #2579)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2579/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2579/},
}