ὡροσκόπος

hōroskopos
Greek · noun
variant ὡρ : hōr
Edited by: Thomas Peeters , Michael Zellmann-Rohrer
Last edited: 2024-12-03

Literal translation
hour-watcher
Categories
astrological cardine
astrological
Related Lemmata 13 ›

1. ascendant

1.a ascendant astrological cardine, astrological

Ἥλιος, Ἀφροδίτη Ὑδροχόῳ, Σελήνη, Ζεὺς Τοξότῃ, Κρόνος Λέοντι, Ἑρμῆς Αἰγοκέρωτι, Ἄρης, ὡροσκόπος Ζυγῷ.

‘The Sun, Venus (were) in Aquarius; the Moon, Jupiter in Sagittarius; Saturn in Leo; Mercury in Capricorn; Mars, the Ascendant in Libra.’

— Vettius Valens 5.6.112

Genre: horoscope Date: 2nd century CE

(GH L 122,I,22)

Παῦνι ιγʹ εἰς ιδʹ, ὥρᾳ γʹ νυκτός. Ὥρα Ἐγόκερῳ. // (...) Ὡροσκόπος Αἰγόκαιρω. (...)

‘Pauni 13 till 14, hour 3 of night. Ascendant in Capricorn. // (...) Ascendant in Capricorn. (...)’

— P. Oxy. LXI 4257 1, 4

Genre: horoscope Provenance: Oxyrhynchus Date: 279 CE

Jones, A. (ed.), 1999. Astronomical papyri from Oxyrhynchus (P. Oxy. 4133-4300a), Volumes I and II. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society. I: 267 + II: 394-395


Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Peeters, T., & Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2024). ὡροσκόπος (Lemma #541). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/541/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Peeters, T., & Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2024). ὡροσκόπος (Lemma #541). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/541/

MLA (9th)
Peeters, T., & Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2024). ὡροσκόπος (Lemma #541). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/541/

Harvard
Peeters, T. and Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2024) ὡροσκόπος (Lemma #541), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/541/ (Accessed: November 5, 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac541,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-05]},
	author = {Peeters, Thomas and Zellmann-Rohrer, Michael},
	year = {2024},
	title = {ὡροσκόπος ({Lemma} #541)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/541/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/541/},
}