ἀφαιρέω

aphaireō

Greek · verb

Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2024-12-03

Meanings

1. to diminish (?)

2. to subtract

Literal translation

to take away

1. to diminish (?)

1.a to diminish (?) arithmetical operation

[...] ἀφαιροῦσα τῷ φ[ ]αθουσα τοῖς ἀριθ[μοῖς

‘[...] diminishing the ... and ...ing the numbers’

— P. Oxy. LXI 4245

Genre: horoscope Provenance: Oxyrhynchus Date: 382

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

2. to subtract

2.a 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, ...’

— P. Oxy. LXI 4142 Fr. 3, col. i, l. 10-13

Genre: mathematical astronomy: procedure text Provenance: Oxyrhynchus

Jones, A. (ed.), 1999. Astronomical papyri from Oxyrhynchus (P. Oxy. 4133-4300a), Volumes I and II. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society. II: 32-35

Cite this entry

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: July 4, 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{zodiac2618,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {ἀφαιρέω ({Lemma} #2618)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2618/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2618/},
}