κοίλωμα
koilōma

Greek noun

Last edited: 2023-07-11
Primary meaning depression
Literal translation cavity
Variants
κοίλωμα koilōma
Edited by
depression astrological concept

τρίτον ζῴδιον Δίδυμοι, ἀρσενικόν, δίσωμον, ἐαρινόν, ἀνθρωποειδές, οἶκος Ἑρμοῦ, ὕψωμα οὐδενός, κοίλωμα οὐδενός

‘The third zodiac-sign is Gemini: male, two-bodied, springtime, human-formed, house of Mercury, exaltation of none, depression of none’

— Paul of Alexandria 2 (p. 4 Boer)

Genre: astrological treatise
Date: 4th cent. CE
Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2023). κοίλωμα (Lemma #566). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/566/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2023). κοίλωμα (Lemma #566). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/566/
MLA (9th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2023). κοίλωμα (Lemma #566). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/566/
Harvard
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2023) κοίλωμα (Lemma #566), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/566/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac566,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Zellmann-Rohrer, Michael},
	year = {2023},
	title = {κοίλωμα ({Lemma} #566)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/566/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/566/},
}