οἰκητήριον
oikētērion

Greek noun

Last edited: 2025-05-19
Primary meaning house
Literal translation dwelling
Variants
οἰκητήριον oikētērion
Edited by
house astrological concept

τῶν] οἰκητ̣[ηρίων κ]αὶ ὑψωμάτων τάξις ἐστὶ[ν τοι]αύτη

‘of the houses and exaltations (of the planets) the arrangement is such (as described above)’

— P.Mich. III 149 xvii 11–13

Genre: astrological treatise
Date: 1st-2nd century CE
Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). οἰκητήριον (Lemma #6004). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6004/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). οἰκητήριον (Lemma #6004). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6004/
MLA (9th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). οἰκητήριον (Lemma #6004). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6004/
Harvard
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025) οἰκητήριον (Lemma #6004), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6004/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac6004,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Zellmann-Rohrer, Michael},
	year = {2025},
	title = {οἰκητήριον ({Lemma} #6004)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6004/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6004/},
}