τριγωνίζω
trigōnizō

Greek verb

Last edited: 2025-10-27
Primary meaning to be triangular
Literal translation to form a triangle
Variants
τριγωνίζω trigōnizō
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to be triangular
to be in triangular (trine) aspect aspect

οἷον ἐν Λέοντι τοῦ Ἡλίου ὄντος (...) Ζεὺς ἐκ Τοξότου τριγωνίζων

‘such as, with the Sun being in Leo (...), Jupiter being in triangular (trine) aspect from Sagittarius’

— Antiochus, Paris Fragments §17

Genre: astrological treatise
Provenance: Athens
Date: 1st cent. BCE/1st cent. CE

CCAG VIII.3 115

Ἑρμῆς Δία τριγωνίζων μεγάλων πράξεων δηλωτικός

‘Mercury being in triangular (trine) aspect with Jupiter is indicative of great business affairs’

— Vettius Valens 2.17.50

Genre: astrological treatise
Date: 2nd cent. CE
to be multiplied by three
Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). τριγωνίζω (Lemma #58). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/58/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). τριγωνίζω (Lemma #58). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/58/
MLA (9th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). τριγωνίζω (Lemma #58). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/58/
Harvard
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025) τριγωνίζω (Lemma #58), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/58/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac58,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Zellmann-Rohrer, Michael},
	year = {2025},
	title = {τριγωνίζω ({Lemma} #58)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/58/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/58/},
}