ἀναιρετικός
anairetikos

Greek adjective

Last edited: 2024-12-12
Primary meaning destructive
Literal translation destructive
Variants
ἀναιρετικός anairetikos
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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


Cite this entry
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: February 2, 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac479,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Zellmann-Rohrer, Michael},
	year = {2024},
	title = {ἀναιρετικός ({Lemma} #479)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/479/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/479/},
}