τοῦ ἐν τῷ γʹ σπονδύλῳ διπλοῦ ὁ βόρειος
tou en tōi 3 spondulōi diplou ho boreios

Greek noun

Last edited: 2025-05-28
Primary meaning ζ¹ Scorpionis
Literal translation The northern star of the double-star in the 3rd joint
Variants
τοῦ ἐν τῷ γʹ σπονδύλῳ διπλοῦ ὁ βόρειος tou en tōi 3 spondulōi diplou ho boreios
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ζ¹ Scorpionis star

τοῦ ἐν τῷ γʹ σπονδύλῳ διπλοῦ ὁ βόρειος

‘The northern star of the double-star in the 3rd joint [ζ¹ Scorpionis]’

— Ptolemy, Almagest 8

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 ἐν τῷ γʹ σπονδύλῳ διπλοῦ ὁ βόρειος (Lemma #5731). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5731/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). τοῦ ἐν τῷ γʹ σπονδύλῳ διπλοῦ ὁ βόρειος (Lemma #5731). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5731/

MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). τοῦ ἐν τῷ γʹ σπονδύλῳ διπλοῦ ὁ βόρειος (Lemma #5731). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5731/

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Meinhardt, K. (2025) τοῦ ἐν τῷ γʹ σπονδύλῳ διπλοῦ ὁ βόρειος (Lemma #5731), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5731/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac5731,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2025},
	title = {τοῦ ἐν τῷ γʹ σπονδύλῳ διπλοῦ ὁ βόρειος ({Lemma} #5731)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5731/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5731/},
}