ὡρονόμος
hōronomos

Greek noun

Last edited: 2025-03-24
Primary meaning Ascendant
Literal translation hour-apportioner
Variants
ὡρονόμος hōronomos
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Ascendant cardinal point

ὅς κεν ἔχῃσι δωδέκατον μετὰ χῶρον ἀφ’ ὡρονόμοιο Σελήνην

‘whoever has the Moon in the twelfth place from the Ascendant’

— Dorotheus 5.16.1–40

Genre: astrological treatise
Date: 1st cent. CE?

p. 393 Pingree


Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). ὡρονόμος (Lemma #5426). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5426/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). ὡρονόμος (Lemma #5426). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5426/

MLA (9th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). ὡρονόμος (Lemma #5426). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5426/

Harvard
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025) ὡρονόμος (Lemma #5426), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5426/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac5426,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Zellmann-Rohrer, Michael},
	year = {2025},
	title = {ὡρονόμος ({Lemma} #5426)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5426/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5426/},
}