σκίασμα
skiasma

Greek noun

Last edited: 2025-01-20
Primary meaning shadow
Literal translation shadow
Variants
σκίασμα skiasma
Edited by
shadow spatial concept, eclipse phenomenon

Αἱ τῆς σελήνης ἐκλείψεις γίνονται κατὰ τὴν εἰς τὸ σκίασμα τῆς γῆς ἔμπτωσιν τῆς σελήνης.

‘Lunar eclipses happen due to falling of the Moon into the shadow of the Earth.’

— Geminus 11.1

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. (2025). σκίασμα (Lemma #2716). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2716/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Peeters, T. (2025). σκίασμα (Lemma #2716). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2716/
MLA (9th)
Peeters, T. (2025). σκίασμα (Lemma #2716). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2716/
Harvard
Peeters, T. (2025) σκίασμα (Lemma #2716), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2716/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2716,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Peeters, Thomas},
	year = {2025},
	title = {σκίασμα ({Lemma} #2716)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2716/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2716/},
}