φωσφόρος
phōsphoros

Greek noun

Last edited: 2025-06-15
Primary meaning Venus
Literal translation light-bearer
Variants
φωσφόρος phōsphoros
φωσφώρος phōsphōros phonetic spelling
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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: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac6137,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Zellmann-Rohrer, Michael},
	year = {2025},
	title = {φωσφόρος ({Lemma} #6137)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6137/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6137/},
}