ἡ κατὰ μῆκος κίνησις
hē kata mēkos kinēsis

Greek noun

Last edited: 2024-12-03
Primary meaning longitudinal motion
Literal translation movement according to length
Variants
ἡ κατὰ μῆκος κίνησις hē kata mēkos kinēsis
Edited by
longitudinal motion direction of motion, spatial concept

Στίλβων ὁ τοῦ Ἑρμο[ῦ] ἀστ[ήρ, ὁ] τὴ[ν] ζώ- νην τοῦ ἀέρος λελογχώς εὑρέθη [τὴ]ν κα- τὰ μῆκος κείνησιν ποιούμενος ἐ[ν] ζῳδίῳ [...] Αἰγόκερῳ

‘Stilbon, the star of Mercury, which has been allotted the belt of the air, has been found making its longitudinal motion in the [...] sign Capricorn’

— P. Oxy. LXI 4277 i. 2-5

Genre: horoscope
Provenance: Oxyrhynchus

Jones, A. (ed.), 1999. Astronomical papyri from Oxyrhynchus (P. Oxy. 4133-4300a), Volumes I and II. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society. II: 420-421

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). ἡ κατὰ μῆκος κίνησις (Lemma #2638). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2638/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). ἡ κατὰ μῆκος κίνησις (Lemma #2638). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2638/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). ἡ κατὰ μῆκος κίνησις (Lemma #2638). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2638/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) ἡ κατὰ μῆκος κίνησις (Lemma #2638), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2638/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2638,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {ἡ κατὰ μῆκος κίνησις ({Lemma} #2638)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2638/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2638/},
}