δυτικός
dutikos

Greek noun

Last edited: 2025-04-06
Primary meaning of the Descendant
Literal translation of setting
Variants
δυτικός dutikos
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of the Descendant cardinal point

… χῶρόν γε μὲν εἰς ὃν ἄπεισιν ἐκ δυτικοῦ κέντρου (…)

‘(predict) the place to which (the subject) goes from the cardinal point of the Descendant’

— Dorotheus 5.21.1–10

Genre: astrological treatise
Date: 1st cent. CE?

p. 396 Pingree

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APA (7th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). δυτικός (Lemma #5455). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5455/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). δυτικός (Lemma #5455). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5455/
MLA (9th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). δυτικός (Lemma #5455). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5455/
Harvard
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025) δυτικός (Lemma #5455), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5455/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac5455,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Zellmann-Rohrer, Michael},
	year = {2025},
	title = {δυτικός ({Lemma} #5455)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5455/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5455/},
}