Greek noun
Last edited: 2024-12-12| Primary meaning | eclipse |
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| Literal translation | failing |
| Variants | ἔκλειψις ekleipsis ἔγλιψις enlipsis P. Oxy. LXI 4281 |
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Αἱ τοῦ ἡλίου ἐκλείψεις γίνονται κατ' ἐπιπρόσθησιν σελήνης. Μετεωρότερου γὰρ φερομένου τοῦ ἡλίου, ταπεινοτέρας δὲ τῆς σελήνης, ὅταν κατὰ τὴν αὐτὴν μοῖραν γένηται ὁ ἥλιος καὶ ἡ σελήνη, ὑποτροχάσασα ἡ σελήνη τῷ ἡλίῳ ἀντιφράττει ταῖς ἀπὸ τοῦ ἡλίου φερομέναις αὐγαῖς πρὸς ἡμᾶς.
‘Solar eclipses happen due to covering by the Moon. For since the Sun moves higher, and the Moon lower, whenever the Sun and the Moon arrive at the same degree, the Moon, having run under the Sun, blocks the rays moving from the Sun towards us.’
Αἱ τῆς σελήνης ἐκλείψεις γίνονται κατὰ τὴν εἰς τὸ σκίασμα τῆς γῆς ἔμπτωσιν τῆς σελήνης. (...) Ὅταν οὖν κατὰ διάμετρον γένηται ἡ σελήνη τῷ ἡλίῳ, τότε καὶ τὸ σκίασμα τῆς γῆς κατὰ διάμετρον γίνεται τῷ ἡλίῳ· ὅθεν ἡ σελήνη ταπεινοτέρα φερομένη τοῦ σκιάσματος εὐλόγως ἐμπίπτει εἰς τὸ σκίασμα τῆς γῆς.
‘Lunar eclipses happen due to falling of the Moon into the shadow of the Earth. (...) So whenever the Moon becomes diametrically opposite the Sun, the shadow of the Earth too becomes diametrically opposite the Sun; whence the Moon, moving lower than the shadow, logically falls into the shadow of the Earth.’
ἐγλιψεως [...
‘of the eclipse [...’
Διόπερ οὐδὲ ῥητέον αὐτὰς κυρίως ἐκλείψεις, ἀλλ' ἐπιπροσθήσεις. Τοῦ μὲν γὰρ ἡλίου οὐδὲ ἕν μέρος οὐδέποτε ἐκλείψει· ἡμῖν δὲ ἀθεώρητος γίνεται διὰ τὴν ἐπιπρόσθησιν τῆς σελήνης.
‘And therefore, it should not be said that these [solar eclipses] are 'failings' in the proper sense, but rather 'coverings'. For not one part of the Sun will ever 'fail': it becomes invisible to us due to the covering by the Moon.’
〈—〉 ꜣbꜣ.t ‘eclipse’
〈AN.GE6〉 attalû ‘eclipse’
〈defectio〉 ‘eclipse’
〈ἐκλειπτικόν〉 ekleiptikon ‘eclipse-effect’
〈τοῦ ἡλίου ἔκλειψις〉 tou hēliou ekleipsis ‘solar eclipse’
〈τῆς σελήνης ἔκλειψις〉 tēs selēnēs ekleipsis ‘lunar eclipse’
〈ἐκλείπω〉 ekleipō ‘to be eclipsed’
@misc{zodiac2659,
note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
author = {Peeters, Thomas and Meinhardt, Kierán},
year = {2024},
title = {ἔκλειψις ({Lemma} #2659)},
url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2659/},
howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2659/},
}