τῆς σελήνης ἔκλειψις
tēs selēnēs ekleipsis

Greek noun

Last edited: 2024-12-03
Primary meaning lunar eclipse
Literal translation failing of the Moon
Variants
τῆς σελήνης ἔκλειψις tēs selēnēs ekleipsis
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lunar eclipse astronomical phenomenon, lunar phenomenon

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.’

— Geminus 11.1-2

Genre: astronomy
Date: 1st century BCE

Geminus. 1975. Géminos, Introduction aux Phénomènes, ed. G. Aujac. Paris: Les Belles Lettres. 62


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APA (7th)
Peeters, T. (2024). τῆς σελήνης ἔκλειψις (Lemma #2698). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2698/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Peeters, T. (2024). τῆς σελήνης ἔκλειψις (Lemma #2698). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2698/

MLA (9th)
Peeters, T. (2024). τῆς σελήνης ἔκλειψις (Lemma #2698). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2698/

Harvard
Peeters, T. (2024) τῆς σελήνης ἔκλειψις (Lemma #2698), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2698/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac2698,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Peeters, Thomas},
	year = {2024},
	title = {τῆς σελήνης ἔκλειψις ({Lemma} #2698)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2698/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2698/},
}