ταπείνωμα
tapeinōma

Greek noun

Last edited: 2025-01-07
Primary meaning depression
Literal translation lowliness
Variants
ταπείνωμα tapeinōma
Edited by
depression astrological concept

ἔστι δὲ ἡ ἀρχὴ τοῦ ζῳδιακοῦ κύκλου ὁ Κριός, ἀρσενικόν, ἰσημερινόν, τροπικόν, ἐαρινόν, οἶκος Ἄρεως, ὕψωμα Ἡλίου περὶ μοίρας ιθʹ, ταπείνωμα Κρόνου περὶ μοίρας κʹ

‘The beginning of the zodiac circle is Aries: male, equinoctial, tropic, springtime, house of Mars, exaltation of the Sun around 19 degrees, depression of Saturn around 20 degrees’

— Paul of Alexandria 2 (p. 2 Boer)

Genre: astrological treatise
Date: 4th century CE
Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). ταπείνωμα (Lemma #568). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/568/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). ταπείνωμα (Lemma #568). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/568/
MLA (9th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). ταπείνωμα (Lemma #568). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/568/
Harvard
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025) ταπείνωμα (Lemma #568), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/568/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac568,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Zellmann-Rohrer, Michael},
	year = {2025},
	title = {ταπείνωμα ({Lemma} #568)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/568/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/568/},
}