κύκλος τῶν ζῳδίων

kuklos tōn zōidiōn

Greek · noun

variant τῶν ζῳδίων κύκλος : tōn zōidiōn kuklos

Edited by: Thomas Peeters
Last edited: 2026-10-14

Meanings

1. zodiac

Literal translation

circle of the zodiac signs

1. zodiac

1.a zodiac astronomical circle

Ὁ τῶν ζῳδίων κύκλος διαιρεῖται εἰς μέρη ιβʹ, καὶ καλεῖται κοινῶς μὲν ἕκαστον τῶν τμημάτων δωδεκατημόριον, ἰδίως δὲ ἀπὸ τῶν ἐμπεριεχομένων ἀστέρων ὑφ’ ὧν καὶ διατυποῦται ἕκαστον αὐτῶν ζῴδιον.

‘The zodiac is divided in 12 parts, and each of the sections is named a “twelfth part” generally, but after the encompassing stars through which each of them is also formed a “zodiac sign” specifically.’

— Geminus 1.1

Genre: astronomy Date: 1st century BCE

Geminus. 1975. Géminos, Introduction aux Phénomènes, ed. G. Aujac. Paris: Les Belles Lettres. 1

Πάλιν δὲ ἕκαστον τῶν δωδεκατημορίων διαιρεῖται εἰς μέρη λʹ, καὶ καλεῖται τὸ ἓν τμῆμα μοῖρα, ὥστε τὸν ὅλον κύκλον τῶν ζῳδίων περιέχειν ζῴδια μὲν ιβʹ, μοίρας δὲ τξʹ.

‘And each of these twelve zodiac signs is divided in 30 parts, and a single section is called a “degree”, so that the whole zodiac comprises 12 zodiac signs, and 360 degrees.’

— Geminus 1.6

Genre: astronomy Date: 1st century BCE

Geminus. 1975. Géminos, Introduction aux Phénomènes, ed. G. Aujac. Paris: Les Belles Lettres. 2

Cite this entry

APA (7th)

Peeters, T. (2026). κύκλος τῶν ζῳδίων (Lemma #599). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/599/

Chicago (Author-Date)

Peeters, T. (2026). κύκλος τῶν ζῳδίων (Lemma #599). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/599/

MLA (9th)

Peeters, T. (2026). κύκλος τῶν ζῳδίων (Lemma #599). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/599/

Harvard

Peeters, T. (2026) κύκλος τῶν ζῳδίων (Lemma #599), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/599/ (Accessed: November 5, 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{zodiac599,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-05]},
	author = {Peeters, Thomas},
	year = {2026},
	title = {κύκλος τῶν ζῳδίων ({Lemma} #599)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/599/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/599/},
}