φαῦλος
phaulos

Greek adjective

Last edited: 2025-02-24
Primary meaning malefic
Literal translation bad
Variants
φαῦλος phaulos
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malefic astrological concept

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

‘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?
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APA (7th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). φαῦλος (Lemma #2897). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2897/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). φαῦλος (Lemma #2897). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2897/
MLA (9th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). φαῦλος (Lemma #2897). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2897/
Harvard
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025) φαῦλος (Lemma #2897), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2897/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2897,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Zellmann-Rohrer, Michael},
	year = {2025},
	title = {φαῦλος ({Lemma} #2897)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2897/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2897/},
}