Κερόεσσα

Keroessa
Greek · adjective
Edited by: Michael Zellmann-Rohrer
Last edited: 2025-02-06

Meanings
Literal translation
horned one
Categories
luminary
moon
Related Lemmata 14 ›

1. Moon

1.a Moon luminary, moon

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: November 5, 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac2861,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-05]},
	author = {Zellmann-Rohrer, Michael},
	year = {2025},
	title = {Κερόεσσα ({Lemma} #2861)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2861/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2861/},
}