σπορά
spora

Greek noun

Last edited: 2025-05-19
Primary meaning conception
Literal translation sowing
Variants
σπορά spora
Edited by
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: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac6002,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Zellmann-Rohrer, Michael},
	year = {2025},
	title = {σπορά ({Lemma} #6002)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6002/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6002/},
}