Πρόπους

Propous
Greek · noun
variants Τρόπους : Tropous , Τρίπους : Tripous
Edited by: Thomas Peeters
Last edited: 2025-02-25
Meanings
Literal translation
Propus
Categories
star
part of constellation
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1. Propus (η Geminorum)

1.a Propus (η Geminorum) star, part of constellation

Ὁ δὲ προηγούμενος τῶν ποδῶν τῶν Δίδυμων ἀστὴρ προσαγορεύεται Πρόπους.

‘The leading star of the feet of Gemini is called Propus.’

— Geminus 3.4

Genre: astronomy Date: 1st century BCE

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

Some manuscripts have the variant Τρόπους or Τρίπους, probably resulting from a wrong copying of Π into T as the name Πρόπους (“forward foot”) is fitting in the context.
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APA (7th)
Peeters, T. (2025). Πρόπους (Lemma #2855). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2855/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Peeters, T. (2025). Πρόπους (Lemma #2855). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2855/
MLA (9th)
Peeters, T. (2025). Πρόπους (Lemma #2855). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2855/
Harvard
Peeters, T. (2025) Πρόπους (Lemma #2855), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2855/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2855,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Peeters, Thomas},
	year = {2025},
	title = {Πρόπους ({Lemma} #2855)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2855/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2855/},
}