ἀπόκλισις
apoklisis

Greek noun

Last edited: 2023-07-09
Primary meaning declining place
Literal translation decline
Variants
ἀπόκλισις apoklisis
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declining place astrological concept

καὶ γὰρ ὁ κλῆρος ἐν ἀποκλίσει εὑρέθη καὶ ὁ κύριος τοῦ τριγώνου τῆς Σελήνης Ἄρης

‘For the lot (of Fortune) was found in a declining place, and the lord of the triangle of the Moon was Ares.’

— Vettius Valens 4.8.22

Genre: horoscope
Date: 2nd century CE

(GH L 75)


Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2023). ἀπόκλισις (Lemma #605). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/605/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2023). ἀπόκλισις (Lemma #605). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/605/

MLA (9th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2023). ἀπόκλισις (Lemma #605). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/605/

Harvard
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2023) ἀπόκλισις (Lemma #605), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/605/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac605,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Zellmann-Rohrer, Michael},
	year = {2023},
	title = {ἀπόκλισις ({Lemma} #605)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/605/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/605/},
}