τρέπω

trepō
Greek · verb
Edited by: Thomas Peeters
Last edited: 2025-04-02
Meanings
Literal translation
to turn
Categories
motion
Related Lemmata 5 ›

1. to turn

1.a to turn motion

Μετὰ μέντοι γε τὴν θερινὴν τροπὴν οὐκέτι πρὸς τὰς ἄρκτους παροδεύων ὁ ἥλιος θεωρεῖται, ἀλλ’ ἐπὶ τὰ ἕτερα μέρη τρέπεται τοῦ κόσμου, διὸ καὶ κέκληται τροπικός.

‘Since after the summer solstice though the sun is no longer observed travelling to the north, but it turns itself to the other parts of the cosmos, for this reason it (i.e., the summer tropic) has been named “tropical” too.’

— Geminus 5.5

Genre: astronomy Date: 1st century BCE

Geminus. 1975. Géminos, Introduction aux Phénomènes, ed. G. Aujac. Paris: Les Belles Lettres. 22

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APA (7th)
Peeters, T. (2025). τρέπω (Lemma #5453). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5453/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Peeters, T. (2025). τρέπω (Lemma #5453). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5453/
MLA (9th)
Peeters, T. (2025). τρέπω (Lemma #5453). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5453/
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BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac5453,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Peeters, Thomas},
	year = {2025},
	title = {τρέπω ({Lemma} #5453)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5453/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5453/},
}