Κερόεσσα
Keroessa

Greek adjective

Last edited: 2025-02-06
Primary meaning Moon
Literal translation horned one
Variants
Κερόεσσα Keroessa
Edited by
Moon luminary

Κερόεσσα, τό τε πλάτος ἐμβαίνουσα ᾧ τε βορειοτάτον ζώνης πλινθήιόν ἐστιν

‘The Horned one (Moon), approaching both in latitude and to the part of its zone in which the northernmost border is’

— Dorotheus 5.6.1–7.2

Genre: astrological treatise
Date: 1st cent. CE?
Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). Κερόεσσα (Lemma #2861). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2861/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). Κερόεσσα (Lemma #2861). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2861/
MLA (9th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). Κερόεσσα (Lemma #2861). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2861/
Harvard
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025) Κερόεσσα (Lemma #2861), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2861/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2861,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Zellmann-Rohrer, Michael},
	year = {2025},
	title = {Κερόεσσα ({Lemma} #2861)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2861/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2861/},
}