τοῦ περὶ τὸ νεφέλιον τετραπλεύρου τῶν προηγουμένων βʹ ὁ βορειότερος
tou peri to nephelion tetrapleurou tōn proēgoumenōn 2 ho boreioteros

Greek noun

Last edited: 2025-05-28
Primary meaning η Cancri
Literal translation The quadrilateral containing the nebula [no. 1]: the northernmost of the two stars in advance
Variants
τοῦ περὶ τὸ νεφέλιον τετραπλεύρου τῶν προηγουμένων βʹ ὁ βορειότερος tou peri to nephelion tetrapleurou tōn proēgoumenōn 2 ho boreioteros
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η Cancri star

τοῦ περὶ τὸ νεφέλιον τετραπλεύρου τῶν προηγουμένων βʹ ὁ βορειότερος

‘The quadrilateral containing the nebula [no. 1]: the northernmost of the two stars in advance [η Cancri]’

— Ptolemy, Almagest 7

Genre: astronomical treatise
Date: 2nd century CE

Ptolemy. 1903. Claudii Ptolemaei opera quae exstant omnia volumen I, Syntaxis Mathematica Pars II, Libros VII-XIII continens, ed. J.L. Heiberg. Leipzig: B.G. Teubner. 84–129

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). τοῦ περὶ τὸ νεφέλιον τετραπλεύρου τῶν προηγουμένων βʹ ὁ βορειότερος (Lemma #5728). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5728/
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Meinhardt, K. (2025). τοῦ περὶ τὸ νεφέλιον τετραπλεύρου τῶν προηγουμένων βʹ ὁ βορειότερος (Lemma #5728). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5728/
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Meinhardt, K. (2025). τοῦ περὶ τὸ νεφέλιον τετραπλεύρου τῶν προηγουμένων βʹ ὁ βορειότερος (Lemma #5728). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5728/
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Meinhardt, K. (2025) τοῦ περὶ τὸ νεφέλιον τετραπλεύρου τῶν προηγουμένων βʹ ὁ βορειότερος (Lemma #5728), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5728/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
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@misc{zodiac5728,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2025},
	title = {τοῦ περὶ τὸ νεφέλιον τετραπλεύρου τῶν προηγουμένων βʹ ὁ βορειότερος ({Lemma} #5728)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5728/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5728/},
}