χειμερινὸς τροπικὸς κύκλος
cheimerinos tropikos kuklos

Greek noun

Last edited: 2025-03-25
Primary meaning winter tropic
Literal translation winter tropic circle
Variants
χειμερινὸς τροπικὸς κύκλος cheimerinos tropikos kuklos
κύκλος χειμερινὸς τροπικός kuklos cheimerinos tropikos
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winter tropic astral concept

Παράλληλοι μὲν οἱ τοὺς αὐτοὺς πόλους ἔχοντες τῷ κόσμῳ. Εἰσί δὲ παράλληλοι κύκλοι εʹ· ἀρκτικός, θερινὸς τροπικός, ἰσημερινός, χειμερινὸς τροπικός, ἀνταρκτικός.

‘Parallel are those that have the same poles as the cosmos. There are 5 parallel circles: the arctic circle, the summer tropic, the celestial equator, the winter tropic, the antarctic circle.’

— 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). χειμερινὸς τροπικὸς κύκλος (Lemma #5445). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5445/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Peeters, T. (2025). χειμερινὸς τροπικὸς κύκλος (Lemma #5445). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5445/

MLA (9th)
Peeters, T. (2025). χειμερινὸς τροπικὸς κύκλος (Lemma #5445). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5445/

Harvard
Peeters, T. (2025) χειμερινὸς τροπικὸς κύκλος (Lemma #5445), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5445/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac5445,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Peeters, Thomas},
	year = {2025},
	title = {χειμερινὸς τροπικὸς κύκλος ({Lemma} #5445)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5445/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5445/},
}