ὕψωμα
hupsōma

Greek noun

Last edited: 2025-01-07
Primary meaning exaltation
Literal translation elevation
Variants
ὕψωμα hupsōma
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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: December 1, 2025).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac567,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Zellmann-Rohrer, Michael},
	year = {2025},
	title = {ὕψωμα ({Lemma} #567)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/567/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/567/},
}