τέταρτος κλῆρος
tetartos klēros

Greek noun

Last edited: 2024-11-18
Primary meaning lot of necessity
Literal translation fourth lot
Variants
τέταρτος κλῆρος tetartos klēros
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lot of necessity astrological lot

ὁ τέτα[ρ]τος κλ[ῆρος ὁ καλούμενος [ἀ]νάγκ[ης εὑρ]έθη [...]

‘The fourth lot, called of necessity, has been found [...]’

— P. Oxy. LXI 4277 Fr. 1, col. iii, 8-9

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: 426-427


Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). τέταρτος κλῆρος (Lemma #2656). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2656/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). τέταρτος κλῆρος (Lemma #2656). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2656/

MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). τέταρτος κλῆρος (Lemma #2656). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2656/

Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) τέταρτος κλῆρος (Lemma #2656), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2656/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac2656,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {τέταρτος κλῆρος ({Lemma} #2656)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2656/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2656/},
}