ἀποχή

apochē
Greek · noun
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2026-10-25
Meanings
Literal translation
distance
Categories
relative position
astronomical quantity
Related Lemmata 3 ›

1. distance

1.a distance relative position, astronomical quantity

τὸ γὰρ μῆκός ἐστιν ὡς εἴρηται ἡ ἀ(πο)χὴ ἣν ἀ(π)- έχει ὁ μεσημβρινὸς τοῦ δυσμικωτάτου

‘For the longitude, as has been stated, is the distance of the meridian from the most westerly (meridian)’

— P. Oxy. LXI 4142 Fr. 2, col. ii, 16-17

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: 30

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2026). ἀποχή (Lemma #2682). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2682/
Chicago (Author-Date)
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MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2026). ἀποχή (Lemma #2682). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2682/
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BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2682,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-05]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2026},
	title = {ἀποχή ({Lemma} #2682)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2682/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2682/},
}