σκίασμα

skiasma
Greek · noun
Edited by: Thomas Peeters
Last edited: 2025-01-20

Meanings
Literal translation
shadow
Categories
spatial concept
eclipse phenomenon

1. shadow

1.a 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


Cite this entry
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: July 4, 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac2716,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Peeters, Thomas},
	year = {2025},
	title = {σκίασμα ({Lemma} #2716)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2716/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2716/},
}