τῶν ἐν μέσῳ τῷ σώματι γʹ ὁ ἑπόμενος
tōn en mesōi tōi sōmati 3 ho hepomenos

Greek noun

Last edited: 2025-05-28
Primary meaning φ Capricorni
Literal translation The rearmost of the 3 stars in the middle of the body
Variants
τῶν ἐν μέσῳ τῷ σώματι γʹ ὁ ἑπόμενος tōn en mesōi tōi sōmati 3 ho hepomenos
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φ Capricorni star

τῶν ἐν μέσῳ τῷ σώματι γʹ ὁ ἑπόμενος

‘The rearmost of the 3 stars in the middle of the body [φ Capricorni]’

— 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 ἐν μέσῳ τῷ σώματι γʹ ὁ ἑπόμενος (Lemma #5763). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5763/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). τῶν ἐν μέσῳ τῷ σώματι γʹ ὁ ἑπόμενος (Lemma #5763). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5763/

MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). τῶν ἐν μέσῳ τῷ σώματι γʹ ὁ ἑπόμενος (Lemma #5763). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5763/

Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2025) τῶν ἐν μέσῳ τῷ σώματι γʹ ὁ ἑπόμενος (Lemma #5763), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5763/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac5763,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2025},
	title = {τῶν ἐν μέσῳ τῷ σώματι γʹ ὁ ἑπόμενος ({Lemma} #5763)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5763/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5763/},
}