τῶν βορειοτέρων τῆς βορείου χηλῆς γʹ ὁ προηγούμενος
tōn boreioterōn tēs boreiou chēlēs 3 ho proēgoumenos

Greek noun

Last edited: 2025-05-28
Primary meaning 37 Librae
Literal translation The most advanced of the 3 stars north of the northern claw
Variants
τῶν βορειοτέρων τῆς βορείου χηλῆς γʹ ὁ προηγούμενος tōn boreioterōn tēs boreiou chēlēs 3 ho proēgoumenos
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37 Librae star

τῶν βορειοτέρων τῆς βορείου χηλῆς γʹ ὁ προηγούμενος

‘The most advanced of the 3 stars north of the northern claw [37 Librae]’

— 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). τῶν βορειοτέρων τῆς βορείου χηλῆς γʹ ὁ προηγούμενος (Lemma #5742). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5742/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). τῶν βορειοτέρων τῆς βορείου χηλῆς γʹ ὁ προηγούμενος (Lemma #5742). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5742/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). τῶν βορειοτέρων τῆς βορείου χηλῆς γʹ ὁ προηγούμενος (Lemma #5742). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5742/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2025) τῶν βορειοτέρων τῆς βορείου χηλῆς γʹ ὁ προηγούμενος (Lemma #5742), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5742/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac5742,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2025},
	title = {τῶν βορειοτέρων τῆς βορείου χηλῆς γʹ ὁ προηγούμενος ({Lemma} #5742)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5742/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5742/},
}