περιγράφομαι
perigraphomai

Greek verb

Last edited: 2025-03-31
Primary meaning to delineate
Literal translation to be drawn
Variants
περιγράφομαι perigraphomai
Edited by
to delineate geometrical term

Οὗτος δὲ ὁ κύκλος ἐν τῇ καθ’ ἡμᾶς οἰκουμένῃ ὑπὸ τοῦ ἐμπροσθίου ποδὸς τῆς Μεγάλης Ἄρκτου περιγράφεται.

‘This circle (i.e., the arctic circle) is delineated in the inhabited region among us by the front foot of the Great Bear.’

— Geminus 5.3

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). περιγράφομαι (Lemma #5449). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5449/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Peeters, T. (2025). περιγράφομαι (Lemma #5449). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5449/
MLA (9th)
Peeters, T. (2025). περιγράφομαι (Lemma #5449). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5449/
Harvard
Peeters, T. (2025) περιγράφομαι (Lemma #5449), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5449/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac5449,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Peeters, Thomas},
	year = {2025},
	title = {περιγράφομαι ({Lemma} #5449)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5449/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5449/},
}