βλάπτω
blaptō

Greek verb

Last edited: 2025-02-24
Primary meaning to injure
Literal translation to harm
Variants
βλάπτω blaptō
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to injure astrological concept

Ἠέλιος φαυλοῖσι βεβλαμμένος, Ἀφρογενής τε (…) ἀνέρι πῆμα φέρουσιν

‘The Sun, when injured by bad ones (malefics), and the Foam-born (Venus) (…) bring pain to a husband’

— Dorotheus 5.16.1–40

Genre: astrological treatise
Date: 1st cent. CE?


Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). βλάπτω (Lemma #2894). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2894/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). βλάπτω (Lemma #2894). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2894/

MLA (9th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). βλάπτω (Lemma #2894). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2894/

Harvard
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025) βλάπτω (Lemma #2894), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2894/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac2894,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Zellmann-Rohrer, Michael},
	year = {2025},
	title = {βλάπτω ({Lemma} #2894)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2894/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2894/},
}