παράλληλος
parallēlos

Greek adjective

Last edited: 2025-03-25
Primary meaning parallel
Literal translation parallel
Variants
παράλληλος parallēlos
Edited by
parallel geometrical term

Τῶν δὲ ἐν τῇ σφαίρᾳ κύκλων οἱ μὲν εἰσι παράλληλοι, οἱ δὲ λοξοί, οἱ δὲ διὰ τῶν πόλων.

‘Of the circles on the sphere, some are parallel, some are oblique, and some are [passing] through the poles.’

— Geminus 5.1

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). παράλληλος (Lemma #5440). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5440/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Peeters, T. (2025). παράλληλος (Lemma #5440). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5440/
MLA (9th)
Peeters, T. (2025). παράλληλος (Lemma #5440). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5440/
Harvard
Peeters, T. (2025) παράλληλος (Lemma #5440), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5440/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac5440,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Peeters, Thomas},
	year = {2025},
	title = {παράλληλος ({Lemma} #5440)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5440/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5440/},
}