〈deficio〉 ‘to be waning’
〈—〉 mḥ-2.t ‘waning (of the Moon)’
〈minutus〉 ‘waning’
ἀφαιρέω
aphaireō
Greek verb
Last edited: 2024-12-03| Primary meaning | to diminish |
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| Literal translation | to take away |
| Variants | ἀφαιρέω aphaireō |
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to diminish (?) arithmetical operation
[...] ἀφαιροῦσα τῷ φ[ ]αθουσα τοῖς ἀριθ[μοῖς
‘[...] diminishing the ... and ...ing the numbers’
to subtract subtractive operation, arithmetical operation
ἀφελ(ὼν) [ἀ(πὸ) τ(ῶν) ὁ]μαλ(ῶν) τὰ διαφορὰ (ἑξηκοστὰ) τὰ π(αρα)κείμενα [τῇ ἡλιακῇ] μο(ίρᾳ) ἐν τῷ ἐπ' ὀρθῆς τῆς σφαί- [ρας κα]νονίῳ
‘subtracting [from the] non-uniform ones the sixtieths corresponding [to the solar] degree in the table of sphaera recta, ...’
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). ἀφαιρέω (Lemma #2618). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2618/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). ἀφαιρέω (Lemma #2618). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2618/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). ἀφαιρέω (Lemma #2618). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2618/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) ἀφαιρέω (Lemma #2618), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2618/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX
@misc{zodiac2618,
note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
year = {2024},
title = {ἀφαιρέω ({Lemma} #2618)},
url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2618/},
howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2618/},
}