ἀπέχω
apechō

Greek verb

Last edited: 2024-12-02
Primary meaning to be distant
Literal translation to be distant
Variants
ἀπέχω apechō
Edited by
to be distant expression of relative position

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. (2024). ἀπέχω (Lemma #2683). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2683/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). ἀπέχω (Lemma #2683). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2683/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). ἀπέχω (Lemma #2683). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2683/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) ἀπέχω (Lemma #2683), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2683/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2683,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {ἀπέχω ({Lemma} #2683)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2683/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2683/},
}