πρῶτον τετράγωνον

prōton tetragōnon
Greek · noun
Edited by: Michael Zellmann-Rohrer
Last edited: 2025-01-30
Meanings
Literal translation
first quadrangle
Categories
astrological
aspect
relative position
Related Lemmata 1 ›

1. first square

1.a first square astrological, aspect, relative position

τὸ πρῶτον τρίγωνον καὶ τετράγωνον καὶ ἑξάγωνον λέγεται τὰ εὐώνυμα †ἑξῆς ἡ Σελήνη πρῶτον συνάπτει τινὶ τῶν ἀστέρων

‘The “first triangle” and “(first) quadrangle” and “(first) hexagon” are called the left(-aspect) ones, starting from when(?) the Moon first makes contact with any of the planets’

— Sarapion of Alexandria, Various Names for Configurations of the Stars

Genre: astrology Date: 1st cent. BCE/CE?

CCAG VIII.4 227

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APA (7th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). πρῶτον τετράγωνον (Lemma #339). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/339/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). πρῶτον τετράγωνον (Lemma #339). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/339/
MLA (9th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). πρῶτον τετράγωνον (Lemma #339). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/339/
Harvard
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025) πρῶτον τετράγωνον (Lemma #339), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/339/ (Accessed: November 5, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac339,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-05]},
	author = {Zellmann-Rohrer, Michael},
	year = {2025},
	title = {πρῶτον τετράγωνον ({Lemma} #339)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/339/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/339/},
}