ζωδιακός
zodiakos

Latin noun
quoted from Greek

Last edited: 2025-01-20
Primary meaning zodiac
Literal translation zodiac
Variants
ζωδιακός zodiakos
Edited by
zodiac astronomical concept, spatial concept, astrological concept

Vim quandam esse, aiunt, signifero in orbe, qui Graece ζωδιακός dicitur

‘In the starry belt which the Greeks call the Zodiac there is a certain force’

— Cicero, De Divinatione 2.42

Genre: philosophy
Provenance: Rome
Date: 44 BC

Cicero. On Old Age. On Friendship. On Divination. Translated by W. A. Falconer. Loeb Classical Library 154. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1923. 470-471

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). ζωδιακός (Lemma #2746). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2746/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). ζωδιακός (Lemma #2746). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2746/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). ζωδιακός (Lemma #2746). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2746/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2025) ζωδιακός (Lemma #2746), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2746/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2746,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2025},
	title = {ζωδιακός ({Lemma} #2746)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2746/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2746/},
}