Καρδία Λέοντος

Kardia Leontos

Greek · noun

Edited by: Thomas Peeters
Last edited: 2025-02-25

Meanings

1. Regulus (α Leonis)

Literal translation

Heart of Lion

1. Regulus (α Leonis)

1.a Regulus (α Leonis) star, part of constellation

Ὁ δὲ ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ τοῦ Λέοντος κείμενος λαμπρὸς ἀστὴρ ὁμωνύμως τῷ τόπῳ, ἐφ’ ᾧ κεῖται, Καρδία Λέοντος προσαγορεύεται· ὑπὸ δέ τινων Βασιλίσκος καλεῖται, ὅτι δοκοῦσιν οἱ περὶ τὸν τόπον τοῦτον γεννώμενοι βασιλικὸν ἔχειν τὸ γενέθλιον.

‘The bright star lying in the heart of the Lion is called equally in name to the place, in which it lies, Heart of Lion; but according to some it is named Basiliskos, because those born around this place are reputed to have a royal nativity.’

— Geminus 13.5

Genre: astronomy Date: 1st century BCE

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

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APA (7th)

Peeters, T. (2025). Καρδία Λέοντος (Lemma #2859). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2859/

Chicago (Author-Date)

Peeters, T. (2025). Καρδία Λέοντος (Lemma #2859). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2859/

MLA (9th)

Peeters, T. (2025). Καρδία Λέοντος (Lemma #2859). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2859/

Harvard

Peeters, T. (2025) Καρδία Λέοντος (Lemma #2859), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2859/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{zodiac2859,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Peeters, Thomas},
	year = {2025},
	title = {Καρδία Λέοντος ({Lemma} #2859)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2859/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2859/},
}