τῶν ἀπ’ ἄρκτων τοῦ κέντρου βʹ ὁ προηγούμενος
tōn ap arktōn tou kentrou 2 ho proēgoumenos

Greek noun

Last edited: 2025-05-28
Primary meaning 45 Ophiuchi
Literal translation The most advanced of the 2 stars to the north of the sting
Variants
τῶν ἀπ’ ἄρκτων τοῦ κέντρου βʹ ὁ προηγούμενος tōn ap arktōn tou kentrou 2 ho proēgoumenos
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45 Ophiuchi star

τῶν ἀπ’ ἄρκτων τοῦ κέντρου βʹ ὁ προηγούμενος

‘The most advanced of the 2 stars to the north of the sting [45 Ophiuchi]’

— 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 ἀπ’ ἄρκτων τοῦ κέντρου βʹ ὁ προηγούμενος (Lemma #5762). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5762/
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Meinhardt, K. (2025). τῶν ἀπ’ ἄρκτων τοῦ κέντρου βʹ ὁ προηγούμενος (Lemma #5762). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5762/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). τῶν ἀπ’ ἄρκτων τοῦ κέντρου βʹ ὁ προηγούμενος (Lemma #5762). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5762/
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Meinhardt, K. (2025) τῶν ἀπ’ ἄρκτων τοῦ κέντρου βʹ ὁ προηγούμενος (Lemma #5762), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5762/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac5762,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2025},
	title = {τῶν ἀπ’ ἄρκτων τοῦ κέντρου βʹ ὁ προηγούμενος ({Lemma} #5762)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5762/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5762/},
}