ζωδιακός

zodiakos
Latin · noun
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2025-01-20
Meanings
Literal translation
zodiac
Categories
astronomical
spatial
astrological
Related Lemmata 6 ›

1. zodiac

1.a zodiac astronomical, spatial, astrological

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: November 5, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2746,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-05]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2025},
	title = {ζωδιακός ({Lemma} #2746)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2746/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2746/},
}