ἐκλειπτικός
ekleiptikos

Greek adjective

Last edited: 2025-01-20
Primary meaning ecliptic
Literal translation ecliptic
Variants
ἐκλειπτικός ekleiptikos
Edited by
ecliptic zodiac sign quality

ἔστι δὲ καὶ ἀσύνδετον, ἐκλειπτικόν

‘(Aries) is also an unconnected, ecliptic (zodiac sign)’

— Vettius Valens 1.2.1

Genre: astrological treatise
Date: 2nd century CE
Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). ἐκλειπτικός (Lemma #2749). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2749/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). ἐκλειπτικός (Lemma #2749). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2749/
MLA (9th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). ἐκλειπτικός (Lemma #2749). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2749/
Harvard
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025) ἐκλειπτικός (Lemma #2749), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2749/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2749,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Zellmann-Rohrer, Michael},
	year = {2025},
	title = {ἐκλειπτικός ({Lemma} #2749)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2749/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2749/},
}