συστροφή

sustrophē
Greek · noun
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2026-10-06
Meanings
Literal translation
cluster
Categories
astronomical
group of stars or constellations
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1. stellium

1.a stellium astronomical, group of stars or constellations

ἡ δὲ ὑπὸ τὴν οὐρὰν αὐτῆς τοῦ πλοκάμου συστροφὴ τῷ τῆς Σελήνης καὶ τῷ τῆς Ἀφροδίτης

‘The cluster of Coma Berenices beneath the tail of the Bear, to the Moon and the star of Aphrodite.’

— Hephaestion 1.4

Genre: astrological treatise Date: 5th century CE

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2026). συστροφή (Lemma #6223). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6223/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2026). συστροφή (Lemma #6223). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6223/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2026). συστροφή (Lemma #6223). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6223/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2026) συστροφή (Lemma #6223), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6223/ (Accessed: November 5, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac6223,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-05]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2026},
	title = {συστροφή ({Lemma} #6223)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6223/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6223/},
}