Κύπρις

Kupris
Greek · noun
Edited by: Michael Zellmann-Rohrer
Last edited: 2025-02-04

Meanings
Literal translation
Cyprian one
Categories
planet
Related Lemmata 12 ›

1. Venus

1.a Venus planet

Καρκίνον αὖτε λάχεν (…) ἠματί⟨η⟩ Κύπρις

‘The Cyprian (Venus) has been allotted Cancer (and Scorpio and Pisces, as its triangle) by day’

— Dorotheus 1.1.2–3

Genre: astrological treatise Date: 1st cent. CE?


Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). Κύπρις (Lemma #2834). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2834/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). Κύπρις (Lemma #2834). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2834/

MLA (9th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). Κύπρις (Lemma #2834). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2834/

Harvard
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025) Κύπρις (Lemma #2834), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2834/ (Accessed: November 5, 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac2834,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-05]},
	author = {Zellmann-Rohrer, Michael},
	year = {2025},
	title = {Κύπρις ({Lemma} #2834)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2834/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2834/},
}