κατεστηριγμένον ζῴδιον
katestērigmenon zōidion

Greek noun

Last edited: 2025-02-26
Primary meaning constellation
Literal translation fixed figurine
Variants
κατεστηριγμένον ζῴδιον katestērigmenon zōidion
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constellation astral concept

Τὰ κατεστηριγμένα ζῴδια διαιρεῖται εἰς μέρη τρία. Ἅ μὲν γὰρ αὐτῶν ἐπὶ τοῦ ζῳδιακοῦ κύκλου κεῖται, ἃ δὲ λέγεται βόρεια, ἃ δὲ προσαγορεύεται νότια.

‘The constellations are divided in three parts. For one of them lies on the zodiac, another is said to be “northern” and another is called “southern”.’

— Geminus 3.1

Genre: astronomy
Date: 1st century BCE

Geminus. 1975. Géminos, Introduction aux Phénomènes, ed. G. Aujac. Paris: Les Belles Lettres. 17-18

Ὁ δὲ λόγος ἐπὶ τῶν δωδεκατημορίων, καὶ οὐκ ἐπὶ τῶν κατεστηριγμένων ζῳδίων.

‘The statement is about the zodiac signs, and not about the constellations.’

— Geminus 2.2

Genre: astronomy
Date: 1st century BCE

Geminus. 1975. Géminos, Introduction aux Phénomènes, ed. G. Aujac. Paris: Les Belles Lettres. 10


Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Peeters, T. (2025). κατεστηριγμένον ζῴδιον (Lemma #2780). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2780/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Peeters, T. (2025). κατεστηριγμένον ζῴδιον (Lemma #2780). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2780/

MLA (9th)
Peeters, T. (2025). κατεστηριγμένον ζῴδιον (Lemma #2780). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2780/

Harvard
Peeters, T. (2025) κατεστηριγμένον ζῴδιον (Lemma #2780), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2780/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac2780,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Peeters, Thomas},
	year = {2025},
	title = {κατεστηριγμένον ζῴδιον ({Lemma} #2780)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2780/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2780/},
}