Ἐνγόνασιν

Engonasin
Greek · noun
variants Ἐνγούνασιν : Engounasin , Ἐνγούνασι : Engounasi
Edited by: Thomas Peeters
Last edited: 2025-02-26

Meanings
Literal translation
Kneeling Man
Categories
constellation
Related Lemmata 4

1. Hercules

1.a Hercules constellation

not necessarily identical to the modern constellation

Βόρεια δέ ἐστιν, ὅσα τοῦ τῶν ζῳδίων κύκλου πρὸς ἄρκτους κεῖται. Ἔστι δὲ τάδε· ἡ Μεγάλη Ἄρκτος, ἡ Μικρά, Δράκων ὁ διὰ τῶν Ἄρκτων, Ἀρκτοφύλαξ, Στέφανος, Ἐνγόνασιν, Ὀφιοῦχος, Ὄφις, Λύρα, Ὄρνις, Ὀϊστός, Ἀετός, Δελφίς, Προτομὴ Ἵππου καθ’ Ἵππαρχον, Ἵππος, Κηφεύς, Κασσιέπεια, Ἀνδρομέδα, Περσεύς, Ἡνίοχος, Δελτωτὸν καὶ ὁ ὕστερον κατεστηριγμένος ὑπὸ Καλλιμάχου Βερενίκης Πλόκαμος.

‘Northern (constellations) there are as many as lie to the north of the zodiac. These are the following: the Great Bear, the Little (Bear), Dragon between the Bears, Bear Keeper, Crown, Kneeling Man, Ophiuchus, Serpent, Lyre, Bird, Arrow, Eagle, Dolphin, Forepart of a Horse according to Hipparchus, Horse, Cepheus, Cassiopeia, Andromeda, Perseus, Charioteer, Triangle and the later by Callimachus established Lock of Berenikē.’

— Geminus 3.8

Genre: astronomy Date: 1st century BCE

Geminus. 1975. Géminos, Introduction aux Phénomènes, ed. G. Aujac. Paris: Les Belles Lettres. 19

Some manuscripts have the variant Ἐνγόυνασιν or Ἐνγούνασι.


Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Peeters, T. (2025). Ἐνγόνασιν (Lemma #2788). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2788/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Peeters, T. (2025). Ἐνγόνασιν (Lemma #2788). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2788/

MLA (9th)
Peeters, T. (2025). Ἐνγόνασιν (Lemma #2788). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2788/

Harvard
Peeters, T. (2025) Ἐνγόνασιν (Lemma #2788), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2788/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac2788,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Peeters, Thomas},
	year = {2025},
	title = {Ἐνγόνασιν ({Lemma} #2788)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2788/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2788/},
}