ὀλιγόγονος
oligogonos

Greek adjective

Last edited: 2025-01-06
Primary meaning unprolific
Literal translation producing few offspring
Variants
ὀλιγόγονος oligogonos
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unprolific zodiac sign quality

Κριός ἐστιν (…) ζῴδιον (…) ὀλιγόγονον

‘Aries is an (…) unprolific zodiac sign’

— Vettius Valens 1.2.1

Genre: astrological treatise
Date: 2nd century CE


Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). ὀλιγόγονος (Lemma #2720). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2720/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). ὀλιγόγονος (Lemma #2720). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2720/

MLA (9th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). ὀλιγόγονος (Lemma #2720). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2720/

Harvard
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025) ὀλιγόγονος (Lemma #2720), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2720/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac2720,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Zellmann-Rohrer, Michael},
	year = {2025},
	title = {ὀλιγόγονος ({Lemma} #2720)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2720/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2720/},
}