πούς
pous

Greek noun

Last edited: 2025-10-07
Primary meaning foot
Literal translation foot
Variants
πούς pous
Edited by
foot animal part

Κατὰ δὲ μέρος τῷ μὲν βορείῳ Διδύμων ὑπόκειται κατὰ τοὺς πόδας Βοιωτία, παρὰ τὴν χεῖρα Θρᾴκη, ὑπὸ τὸν νῶτον Γαλατία, τοῦ δὲ νοτίου ὑπὸ τὸν γλουτὸν Πόντος, κατὰ νῶτον Κιλικία, κατὰ τὴν ὠμοπλάτην Φοινίκη, κατὰ τὴν κορυφὴν Ἰνδική.

‘But by part, in the northern twin of Gemini, for the foot, Boeotia; along the hands, Thrace; under the back, Galatia; in the southern twin, under the buttocks, Pontos; for the back, Cilicia; for the shoulder blade, Phoenicia; for the top of the head, Indica.’

— Hephaestion 1.1

Genre: astrological treatise
Date: 5th century CE
Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). πούς (Lemma #6169). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6169/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). πούς (Lemma #6169). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6169/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). πούς (Lemma #6169). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6169/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2025) πούς (Lemma #6169), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6169/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac6169,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2025},
	title = {πούς ({Lemma} #6169)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6169/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6169/},
}