νεφελοειδής
nepheloeidēs

Greek adjective

Last edited: 2025-02-05
Primary meaning nebulous
Literal translation nebulous
Variants
νεφελοειδής nepheloeidēs
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nebulous adjective

Οἱ δὲ ἐν τῳ Καρκίνῳ νεφελοειδεῖ συστροφῇ ἐοικότες καλοῦνται Φάτνη· οἱ δὲ πλησίον αὐτῆς δύο ἀστέρες κείμενοι Ὄνοι προσαγορεύεται.

‘The ones (i.e. stars) in Cancer looking like a nebulous mass are named Manger; and the two stars lying close to it are called Asses.’

— Geminus 3.4

Genre: astronomy
Date: 1st century BCE

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

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Peeters, T. (2025). νεφελοειδής (Lemma #2858). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2858/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Peeters, T. (2025). νεφελοειδής (Lemma #2858). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2858/
MLA (9th)
Peeters, T. (2025). νεφελοειδής (Lemma #2858). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2858/
Harvard
Peeters, T. (2025) νεφελοειδής (Lemma #2858), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2858/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2858,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Peeters, Thomas},
	year = {2025},
	title = {νεφελοειδής ({Lemma} #2858)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2858/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2858/},
}