ἀντιμεσουράνημα
antimesouranēma

Greek noun

Last edited: 2025-05-19
Primary meaning Lower Midheaven
Literal translation opposite Midheaven
Variants
ἀντιμεσουράνημα antimesouranēma
Edited by
Lower Midheaven cardinal point

τὸ δὲ ὑπὸ γῆν καὶ ἀντιμεσουράνημα, ὃ καὶ αὐτὸ μεσουράνημά ἐστιν

‘Lower Midheaven and Opposite Midheaven, which itself is also a midheaven’

— Sextus Empiricus 5.12

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APA (7th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). ἀντιμεσουράνημα (Lemma #6001). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6001/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). ἀντιμεσουράνημα (Lemma #6001). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6001/
MLA (9th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). ἀντιμεσουράνημα (Lemma #6001). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6001/
Harvard
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025) ἀντιμεσουράνημα (Lemma #6001), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6001/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac6001,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Zellmann-Rohrer, Michael},
	year = {2025},
	title = {ἀντιμεσουράνημα ({Lemma} #6001)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6001/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6001/},
}