ὁ βορειότερος αὐτῶν
ho boreioteros autōn

Greek noun

Last edited: 2025-05-28
Primary meaning 106 Tauri
Literal translation The northernmost of these
Variants
ὁ βορειότερος αὐτῶν ho boreioteros autōn
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106 Tauri star

ὁ βορειότερος αὐτῶν

‘The northernmost of these [106 Tauri]’

— Ptolemy, Almagest 7

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

ξ Virginis star

ὁ βορειότερος αὐτῶν

‘The northernmost of them [ξ Virginis]’

— Ptolemy, Almagest 7

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

η Capricorni star

ὁ βορειότερος αὐτῶν

‘The northernmost of them [η 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

38 Aquarii star

ὁ βορειότερος αὐτῶν

‘The northernmost of them [38 Aquarii]’

— 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

88 Aquarii star

ὁ βορειότερος αὐτῶν

‘The northernmost of them [88 Aquarii]’

— 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

7 Piscium star

ὁ βορειότερος αὐτῶν

‘The northernmost of them [7 Piscium]’

— 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

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). ὁ βορειότερος αὐτῶν (Lemma #5836). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5836/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). ὁ βορειότερος αὐτῶν (Lemma #5836). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5836/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). ὁ βορειότερος αὐτῶν (Lemma #5836). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5836/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2025) ὁ βορειότερος αὐτῶν (Lemma #5836), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5836/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac5836,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2025},
	title = {ὁ βορειότερος αὐτῶν ({Lemma} #5836)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5836/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/5836/},
}