ἄνεμος
anemos

Greek noun

Last edited: 2024-12-17
Primary meaning wind
Literal translation wind
Variants
ἄνεμος anemos
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wind meteorological phenomenon

βαθμῷ ϛʹ ἀνέμῳ Λ[ι]β[εί, τ]όπῳ ζ[ῳδια]κῷ Αἰγόκερῳ, (...)

‘Step 6, wind Lips, zodiacal place Capricorn, (...)’

— P. Oxy. LXI 4277 fr. 1, i, 13-14

Genre: horoscope
Provenance: Oxyrhynchus
Date: 2nd-3rd century CE

Jones, A. (ed.), 1999. Astronomical papyri from Oxyrhynchus (P. Oxy. 4133-4300a), Volumes I and II. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society. I: 284-286 + II: 420-427

Jones translates Αἰγόκερῳ as 'Sagittarius'.


direction planetary motion

(...) καὶ ἐὰν μὲ[ν τυγχάνωσι οἱ ἄνεμοι [ὁ]μογεν[εῖς, ..... προσθέν- τες ἑκάτερα πρ[ὸς ...

‘(...) And if ... directions are of the same kind ... adding both to [each other (?) ...]’

— P. Oxy. LXI 4143 9-11

Genre: mathematical astronomy: procedure text
Provenance: Oxyrhynchus
Date: 4th century CE

Jones, A. (ed.), 1999. Astronomical papyri from Oxyrhynchus (P. Oxy. 4133-4300a), Volumes I and II. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society. I: 105-108 + II: 36-39


Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). ἄνεμος (Lemma #2640). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2640/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). ἄνεμος (Lemma #2640). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2640/

MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). ἄνεμος (Lemma #2640). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2640/

Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) ἄνεμος (Lemma #2640), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2640/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac2640,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {ἄνεμος ({Lemma} #2640)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2640/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2640/},
}