διάμετρος

diametros
Greek · noun
Edited by: Thomas Peeters
Last edited: 2025-03-24

Meanings
Literal translation
diameter
Categories
geometrical concept
Related Lemmata 4

1. diameter

1.a diameter geometrical concept

Τοῦ δὲ κόσμου σφαιροειδοῦς ὑπάρχοντος ἄξων καλεῖται ἡ διάμετρος τοῦ κόσμου, περὶ ἣν στρέφεται ὁ κόσμος. Τὰ δὲ πέρατα τοῦ ἄξονος πόλοι λέγονται τοῦ κόσμου.

‘Since the cosmos is spherical, the diameter of the cosmos around which the cosmos turns, is called “axis”. The extremities of the axis are called “poles of the cosmos”.’

— Geminus 4.1

Genre: astronomy Date: 1st century BCE

Geminus. 1975. Géminos, Introduction aux Phénomènes, ed. G. Aujac. Paris: Les Belles Lettres. 21


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APA (7th)
Peeters, T. (2025). διάμετρος (Lemma #5429). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5429/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Peeters, T. (2025). διάμετρος (Lemma #5429). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5429/

MLA (9th)
Peeters, T. (2025). διάμετρος (Lemma #5429). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5429/

Harvard
Peeters, T. (2025) διάμετρος (Lemma #5429), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5429/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac5429,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Peeters, Thomas},
	year = {2025},
	title = {διάμετρος ({Lemma} #5429)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5429/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5429/},
}