ἀόρατος
aoratos

Greek adjective

Last edited: 2025-03-24
Primary meaning invisible
Literal translation unseen
Variants
ἀόρατος aoratos
Edited by
invisible term of visual perception

Τῶν δὲ πόλων [τοῦ κόσμου] ὁ μὲν λέγεται βόρειος, ὁ δὲ νότιος, βόρειος μὲν ὁ διὰ παντὸς φαινόμενος ὡς πρὸς τὴν ἡμετέραν οἴκησιν, νότιος δὲ ὁ διὰ παντὸς ἀόρατος ὡς πρὸς τὸν ἡμέτερον ὁρίζοντα.

‘Of the [celestial] poles, one is called “northern”, the other one “southern”, northern the one that is continually visible at our home, southern the one that is continually invisible on our horizon.’

— Geminus 4.2

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). ἀόρατος (Lemma #5434). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5434/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Peeters, T. (2025). ἀόρατος (Lemma #5434). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5434/
MLA (9th)
Peeters, T. (2025). ἀόρατος (Lemma #5434). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5434/
Harvard
Peeters, T. (2025) ἀόρατος (Lemma #5434), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5434/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
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@misc{zodiac5434,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Peeters, Thomas},
	year = {2025},
	title = {ἀόρατος ({Lemma} #5434)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5434/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5434/},
}