Ἀφρογενής

Aphrogenēs
Greek · noun
Edited by: Michael Zellmann-Rohrer
Last edited: 2025-02-24

Meanings
Literal translation
Foam-born
Categories
planet
Related Lemmata 12

1. Venus

1.a Venus planet

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). Ἀφρογενής (Lemma #2896). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2896/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). Ἀφρογενής (Lemma #2896). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2896/

MLA (9th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). Ἀφρογενής (Lemma #2896). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2896/

Harvard
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025) Ἀφρογενής (Lemma #2896), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2896/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac2896,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Zellmann-Rohrer, Michael},
	year = {2025},
	title = {Ἀφρογενής ({Lemma} #2896)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2896/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2896/},
}