σπορά

spora
Greek · noun
Edited by: Michael Zellmann-Rohrer
Last edited: 2025-05-19

Literal translation
sowing

1. conception

1.a conception

εὑρεῖν ἀκριβῶς τὸν ἐν τῇ σπορᾷ Ἥλιον καὶ τὴν Σελήνην καὶ τὸν ὡροσκόπον

‘to find accurately the Sun at (the time of) conception, and the Moon and the Ascendant’

— Vettius Valens 3.10 tit.

Genre: astrological treatise Date: 2nd century CE

(GH L 134,VI)


Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). σπορά (Lemma #6002). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6002/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). σπορά (Lemma #6002). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6002/

MLA (9th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). σπορά (Lemma #6002). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6002/

Harvard
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025) σπορά (Lemma #6002), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6002/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac6002,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Zellmann-Rohrer, Michael},
	year = {2025},
	title = {σπορά ({Lemma} #6002)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6002/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6002/},
}