οἶκος

oikos
Greek · noun
Edited by: Michael Zellmann-Rohrer
Last edited: 2023-07-11
Meanings
Literal translation
house
Categories
astrological
Related Lemmata 6 ›

1. house

1.a house astrological

ἕβδομον ζῴδιον Ζυγός, ἀρσενικόν, ἰσημερινόν, τροπικόν, μετοπωρινόν, οἶκος Ἀφροδίτης, ὕψωμα Κρόνου περὶ μοίρας κʹ, ταπείνωμα Ἡλίου περὶ μοίρας ιθʹ, τρίγωνον ἡμέρας μὲν Κρόνου, νυκτὸς δὲ Ἑρμοῦ

‘the seventh zodiac-sign is Libra, masculine, equinoctial, tropical, autumnal, house of Venus, exaltation of Saturn circa 20 degrees, depression of the Sun circa 19 degrees, triangle of Saturn by day, Mercury by night’

— Paul of Alexandria 2 (p. 6 Boer)

Genre: astrological treatise Date: 4th cent. CE

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APA (7th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2023). οἶκος (Lemma #587). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/587/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2023). οἶκος (Lemma #587). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/587/
MLA (9th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2023). οἶκος (Lemma #587). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/587/
Harvard
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2023) οἶκος (Lemma #587), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/587/ (Accessed: November 5, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac587,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-05]},
	author = {Zellmann-Rohrer, Michael},
	year = {2023},
	title = {οἶκος ({Lemma} #587)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/587/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/587/},
}