ὡροσκοπέω
hōroskopeō

Greek verb

Last edited: 2024-11-04
Primary meaning to be in the ascendant
Literal translation to be in the ascendant
Variants
ὡροσκοπέω hōroskopeō
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to be in the ascendant astrological concept

ὡροσκοπεῖ Ζυγ[ός

‘Ascendant Libra’

— P. Oxy. LXI 4240 9

Genre: horoscope
Provenance: Oxyrhynchus
Date: 150 CE

Jones, A. (ed.), 1999. Astronomical papyri from Oxyrhynchus (P. Oxy. 4133-4300a), Volumes I and II. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society. I: 254 + II: 376-377


Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). ὡροσκοπέω (Lemma #2616). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2616/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). ὡροσκοπέω (Lemma #2616). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2616/

MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). ὡροσκοπέω (Lemma #2616). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2616/

Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) ὡροσκοπέω (Lemma #2616), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2616/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac2616,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {ὡροσκοπέω ({Lemma} #2616)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2616/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2616/},
}