χειμερινὸς τροπικὸς κύκλος

cheimerinos tropikos kuklos

Greek · noun

variant κύκλος χειμερινὸς τροπικός : kuklos cheimerinos tropikos

Edited by: Thomas Peeters
Last edited: 2025-03-25

Meanings

1. winter tropic

Literal translation

winter tropic circle

Categories

astral concept

Related Lemmata 6 ›

1. winter tropic

1.a 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

Cite this entry

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: July 4, 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{zodiac5445,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	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/},
}