ἀναιρετικός

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

Literal translation
destructive
Categories
astrological concept
Related Lemmata 3

1. destructive

1.a destructive astrological concept

ἡ Σελήνη ἄρα παραλαβοῦσα τοὺς χρόνους ἀπὸ ἐτῶν ξϛʹ <μηνῶν ζʹ> ἡμερῶν εʹ, διακρατήσει ἕως ἐτῶν ἄλλων κϛʹ μηνῶν γʹ ἡμερῶν ιβʹ, τουτέστιν ἕως ὅλων ἐτῶν ϟβʹ μηνῶν ιʹ ἡμερῶν ιζʹ· τὸ δὲ ἐντεῦθεν ἡ τοῦ Κρόνου διάμετρος ἀναιρετικὴ οὖσα ἀνεῖλεν.

‘Then the Moon, having taken over the time starting with 66 years <7 months> 5 days, will control up to another 26 years 3 months 12 days, that is up to 92 years 10 months 17 days in all, and from then on the diameter (of the orbit) of Saturn, being destructive, has destroyed (ended the life).’

— Rhetorius, fragments §15

Genre: horoscope Date: 6th–7th century CE

CCAG VIII.1 (GH L 488) 237


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APA (7th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2024). ἀναιρετικός (Lemma #479). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/479/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2024). ἀναιρετικός (Lemma #479). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/479/

MLA (9th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2024). ἀναιρετικός (Lemma #479). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/479/

Harvard
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2024) ἀναιρετικός (Lemma #479), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/479/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac479,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Zellmann-Rohrer, Michael},
	year = {2024},
	title = {ἀναιρετικός ({Lemma} #479)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/479/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/479/},
}