ὡροσκόπος

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

Literal translation
hour-watcher
Categories
cardinal point
astrological concept
Related Lemmata 12

1. ascendant

1.a ascendant cardinal point, astrological concept

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: July 4, 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac541,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	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/},
}