πόλος τοῦ κόσμου
polos tou kosmou

Greek noun

Last edited: 2025-03-24
Primary meaning celestial pole
Literal translation pivot of the cosmos
Variants
πόλος τοῦ κόσμου polos tou kosmou
Edited by
celestial pole cosmological 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). πόλος τοῦ κόσμου (Lemma #5431). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5431/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Peeters, T. (2025). πόλος τοῦ κόσμου (Lemma #5431). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5431/
MLA (9th)
Peeters, T. (2025). πόλος τοῦ κόσμου (Lemma #5431). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5431/
Harvard
Peeters, T. (2025) πόλος τοῦ κόσμου (Lemma #5431), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5431/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
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@misc{zodiac5431,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Peeters, Thomas},
	year = {2025},
	title = {πόλος τοῦ κόσμου ({Lemma} #5431)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5431/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5431/},
}