ἀμαυρός

amauros
Greek · adjective
Edited by: Michael Zellmann-Rohrer
Last edited: 2024-12-12

Meanings
Literal translation
obscure
Categories
astrological concept
Related Lemmata 1

1. dim

1.a dim astrological concept

Ἥλιος, Ἄρης, Ἀφροδίτη Λέοντι, Σελήνη Ὑδροχόῳ, Κρόνος Κριῷ, Ζεὺς Ἰχθύσιν, Ἑρμῆς Καρκίνῳ, ὡροσκόπος Παρθένῳ (...) οἱ κακοποιοὶ ὑπὸ τῆς ἡλιακῆς ἀκτῖνος ἀφαιρετικοὶ καὶ ἀμαυρότεροι γεγόνασι καὶ εἰς ἀσθενεστέρους τόπους πεπτώκασιν.

‘The Sun, Mars, Venus in Leo; the Moon in Aquarius; Saturn in Aries; Jupiter in Pisces; Mercury in Cancer; the Ascendant in Virgo (...) The malefics were “subtractive” (retrograde) beneath the ray of the Sun, and dimmer, and they came out at weaker places.’

— Vettius Valens 5.6.92–99

Genre: horoscope Date: 2nd century CE

(GH L 112,VII)


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APA (7th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2024). ἀμαυρός (Lemma #401). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/401/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2024). ἀμαυρός (Lemma #401). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/401/

MLA (9th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2024). ἀμαυρός (Lemma #401). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/401/

Harvard
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2024) ἀμαυρός (Lemma #401), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/401/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac401,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Zellmann-Rohrer, Michael},
	year = {2024},
	title = {ἀμαυρός ({Lemma} #401)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/401/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/401/},
}