τοῦ ἡλίου ἔκλειψις
tou hēliou ekleipsis

Greek noun

Last edited: 2024-12-03
Primary meaning solar eclipse
Literal translation failing of the Sun
Variants
τοῦ ἡλίου ἔκλειψις tou hēliou ekleipsis
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solar eclipse astronomical phenomenon, solar phenomenon

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.’

— Geminus 10.1

Genre: astronomy
Date: 1st century BCE

Geminus. 1975. Géminos, Introduction aux Phénomènes, ed. G. Aujac. Paris: Les Belles Lettres. 61

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APA (7th)
Peeters, T. (2024). τοῦ ἡλίου ἔκλειψις (Lemma #2697). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2697/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Peeters, T. (2024). τοῦ ἡλίου ἔκλειψις (Lemma #2697). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2697/
MLA (9th)
Peeters, T. (2024). τοῦ ἡλίου ἔκλειψις (Lemma #2697). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2697/
Harvard
Peeters, T. (2024) τοῦ ἡλίου ἔκλειψις (Lemma #2697), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2697/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2697,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Peeters, Thomas},
	year = {2024},
	title = {τοῦ ἡλίου ἔκλειψις ({Lemma} #2697)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2697/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2697/},
}