ὕψωμα

hupsōma
Greek · noun
Edited by: Michael Zellmann-Rohrer
Last edited: 2025-01-07

Literal translation
elevation
Categories
astrological concept
Related Lemmata 10

1. exaltation

1.a exaltation 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 century CE


Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). ὕψωμα (Lemma #567). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/567/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). ὕψωμα (Lemma #567). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/567/

MLA (9th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). ὕψωμα (Lemma #567). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/567/

Harvard
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025) ὕψωμα (Lemma #567), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/567/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac567,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Zellmann-Rohrer, Michael},
	year = {2025},
	title = {ὕψωμα ({Lemma} #567)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/567/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/567/},
}