φωσφόρος

phōsphoros
Greek · noun
variant φωσφώρος : phōsphōros
Edited by: Michael Zellmann-Rohrer
Last edited: 2025-06-15

Meanings
Literal translation
light-bearer
Categories
planet
Related Lemmata 12

1. Venus

1.a Venus planet

φωσφώρος ὁ τῆς Ἀφροδίτηι̣ ἐ̣ν̣ Αἰγ̣όγερωι

‘The light-bearer, the (star) of Aphrodite (Venus) (was) in Capricorn …’

— P.Oxy. 307 13–14

Genre: horoscope Provenance: Oxyrhynchus Date: 46 CE

(GH 46)


Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). φωσφόρος (Lemma #6137). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6137/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). φωσφόρος (Lemma #6137). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6137/

MLA (9th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). φωσφόρος (Lemma #6137). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6137/

Harvard
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025) φωσφόρος (Lemma #6137), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6137/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac6137,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Zellmann-Rohrer, Michael},
	year = {2025},
	title = {φωσφόρος ({Lemma} #6137)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6137/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6137/},
}