δημόσιος
dēmosios

Greek adjective

Last edited: 2024-12-02
Primary meaning public
Literal translation of the people
Variants
δημόσιος dēmosios
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public zodiac sign quality

Κριός ἐστιν (…) ζῴδιον (…) δημόσιον

‘Aries is a (…) public zodiac sign’

— Vettius Valens 1.2.1

Genre: astrological treatise
Date: 2nd century CE


Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2024). δημόσιος (Lemma #2689). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2689/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2024). δημόσιος (Lemma #2689). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2689/

MLA (9th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2024). δημόσιος (Lemma #2689). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2689/

Harvard
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2024) δημόσιος (Lemma #2689), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2689/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac2689,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Zellmann-Rohrer, Michael},
	year = {2024},
	title = {δημόσιος ({Lemma} #2689)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2689/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2689/},
}