ζωδιακός

zodiakos
Latin · noun
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2025-01-20
Meanings
Literal translation
zodiac
Categories
astronomical concept
spatial concept
astrological concept
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1. zodiac

1.a 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: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2746,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2025},
	title = {ζωδιακός ({Lemma} #2746)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2746/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2746/},
}